"Elaine T" wrote in message
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Gill Passman wrote:
Hi All,

After my recent experience with stuck heaters and broken LCD
thermometers
I've just stuck internal thermometers on all of my tanks...and the temp
readings are getting worrying....way too high and we haven't even really
started the British summer (as much as we ever get)

This is all across the house not just where I would expect it to get
hot....

A lot of you live in much hotter climates than I do....I'm just
wondering
how you all cope and what effect it has on your fish....having just gone
through a bad experience with high water temps I want to avoid it...

Gill


I let water evaporate to cool the tanks a few degrees. I prop canopies
open, use egg-crate style fluorescent lighting diffuser for part of the
hoods, and remove the tops from hang-on-back filters. That usually
keeps things down to around 82F or so during the day, a few degrees
cooler than the house.

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82F is around the temp that my tanks are today (cooler weather). I will
definitely go for the leaving the lids open a bit....

Thanks
Gill