Hot weather, no electicity

Yesterday there was a power failure and my aquarium temperature rose to
nearly 30 degrees C (90 F) The forecast is for a prolonged hot spell
with temperatures in the high 30s (degrees C) = 100 degrees F

The local pet shop owner reported that the fish jump out of her tanks if
it gets too hot.
Any suggestions on how to manage an aquarium during hot weather? (with
or without a power failure.)

David F

David F wrote:
Yesterday there was a power failure and my aquarium temperature rose to
nearly 30 degrees C (90 F) The forecast is for a prolonged hot spell
with temperatures in the high 30s (degrees C) = 100 degrees F

The local pet shop owner reported that the fish jump out of her tanks if
it gets too hot.
Any suggestions on how to manage an aquarium during hot weather? (with
or without a power failure.)

David F

I would probably do a 25% water change & add water that is around 75
degrees to your tank, that way the warm water will balance out and cool
it down without shocking the fish.. When the power is on keep on the
air at a cooler than usual temp so the glass/acrylic will not absorb
the heat as much..

When you have an outage, try the above with the cooler water and it
should take awhile before the water gets too hot again..

It worked for me in the sumer, so hope this helps you..

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:59:49 +1100, David F
wrote:

Yesterday there was a power failure and my aquarium temperature rose to
nearly 30 degrees C (90 F) The forecast is for a prolonged hot spell
with temperatures in the high 30s (degrees C) = 100 degrees F

The local pet shop owner reported that the fish jump out of her tanks if
it gets too hot.
Any suggestions on how to manage an aquarium during hot weather? (with
or without a power failure.)

David F

Uncover the tank so as to maximise evaporation. Cover the tank with
screen to prevent jumping. Replenish the evaporated water.

Isn't it wild to be in touch with the whole world. It is 20F where I
live. Never got above 22F all day yesterday. At least I have
reliable power.

Good luck.

Dick wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:59:49 +1100, David F
wrote:

Yesterday there was a power failure and my aquarium temperature rose to
nearly 30 degrees C (90 F) The forecast is for a prolonged hot spell
with temperatures in the high 30s (degrees C) = 100 degrees F

The local pet shop owner reported that the fish jump out of her tanks if
it gets too hot.
Any suggestions on how to manage an aquarium during hot weather? (with
or without a power failure.)

David F

Uncover the tank so as to maximise evaporation. Cover the tank with
screen to prevent jumping. Replenish the evaporated water.

Thanks, good suggestion

Isn't it wild to be in touch with the whole world. It is 20F where I
live. Never got above 22F all day yesterday. At least I have
reliable power.

What? - a daily maximum of only 22F! That's about minus 5 degrees
Centigrade! I can't imagine how people live in such a cold climate.
I guess it would be very comforting to look at tropical fish when it's
so cold outside.

David F, Australia

David F wrote:
Yesterday there was a power failure and my aquarium temperature rose to
nearly 30 degrees C (90 F) The forecast is for a prolonged hot spell
with temperatures in the high 30s (degrees C) = 100 degrees F

The local pet shop owner reported that the fish jump out of her tanks if
it gets too hot.
Any suggestions on how to manage an aquarium during hot weather? (with
or without a power failure.)

David F

When I had my aquarium maintenance business in LA; heat waves, rolling
blackouts, & air conditioner failures were common. We had 2 liter
frozen pop bottles stored in the freezers at our customers to place in
the tanks at this time, we also covered the tanks in wet towels where
the evaporation from the wet towels kept the tanks cool. We were able
to keep tanks reasonably cool (under 27 C) when outside temperatures
were over 35 C even with large aquariums.

It is interesting to think about heat problems when our kids just had
their 3rd snow day in a week!

Carl

"David F" wrote in message
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Yesterday there was a power failure and my aquarium temperature rose to
nearly 30 degrees C (90 F) The forecast is for a prolonged hot spell with
temperatures in the high 30s (degrees C) = 100 degrees F

The local pet shop owner reported that the fish jump out of her tanks if
it gets too hot.
Any suggestions on how to manage an aquarium during hot weather? (with or
without a power failure.)

David F

get a battery powered aerator
If you use sponge air powered filters it can be a case of unplugging the
airpump from the tubing and plugging tubing into battery powered aerator.
Still warm water loses oxygen very quickly!!!!
If you still have power directing a pedastal fan onto the water surface is
the most efficent way other than getting a purpose made chiller unit.
Many people float frozen water bottles, and this can work for smaller tanks.

In a blackout bacteria in cannister filters will quickly suffocate and rot.
Consider giving them a clean in water drawn from the aquarium and leaving
the filter media in wet in open buckets until you get power and can re-pack
and start the cannister filter.
We face lots of blackouts around here and my tanks reguarly get up around
30deg C.
Putting some solar panels/batterys up soon, so going to have quite the
kickass backup.

swarvegorilla wrote:
"David F" wrote in message
...
Yesterday there was a power failure and my aquarium temperature rose to
nearly 30 degrees C (90 F) The forecast is for a prolonged hot spell with
temperatures in the high 30s (degrees C) = 100 degrees F

The local pet shop owner reported that the fish jump out of her tanks if
it gets too hot.
Any suggestions on how to manage an aquarium during hot weather? (with or
without a power failure.)

David F

get a battery powered aerator
If you use sponge air powered filters it can be a case of unplugging the
airpump from the tubing and plugging tubing into battery powered aerator.
Still warm water loses oxygen very quickly!!!!
If you still have power directing a pedastal fan onto the water surface is
the most efficent way other than getting a purpose made chiller unit.
Many people float frozen water bottles, and this can work for smaller tanks.

In a blackout bacteria in cannister filters will quickly suffocate and rot.
Consider giving them a clean in water drawn from the aquarium and leaving
the filter media in wet in open buckets until you get power and can re-pack
and start the cannister filter.
We face lots of blackouts around here and my tanks reguarly get up around
30deg C.
Putting some solar panels/batterys up soon, so going to have quite the
kickass backup.

Those battery air pumps are a great idea!
I also used automatic ones that switch over to battery power fails.
One other idea that we used in our LFS during the LA, CA rolling
blackouts was a RV battery (or two in parallel) with a Modified sine
wave inverter, this also ran our electronics during this time.

Carl

"swarvegorilla" wrote in message
...
In a blackout bacteria in cannister filters will quickly suffocate and
rot.
Consider giving them a clean in water drawn from the aquarium and leaving
the filter media in wet in open buckets until you get power and can
re-pack and start the cannister filter.
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I use external Aquaclears and I do the same as I would with my old Fluval
canister. After 10 to 15 minutes if the power doesn't come back on I remove
the inserts and dump the sponges and bio-bead bags in a low pan of tank
water.

We have two battery powered aerators we use both for blackouts and when
delivering fish to stores.
--
ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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"carlrs" wrote in message
ups.com...
Those battery air pumps are a great idea!
I also used automatic ones that switch over to battery power fails.
One other idea that we used in our LFS during the LA, CA rolling
blackouts was a RV battery (or two in parallel) with a Modified sine
wave inverter, this also ran our electronics during this time.
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That would be a ideal for a hobbyist with a load of tanks. We have the type
fishermen use to keep their bait alive. They run for a long time on batter
power. They cost around $5 each and have lasted for years.
--
ZB....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~~ }((((({*

"Zëbulon" wrote in message
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"carlrs" wrote in message
ups.com...
Those battery air pumps are a great idea!
I also used automatic ones that switch over to battery power fails.
One other idea that we used in our LFS during the LA, CA rolling
blackouts was a RV battery (or two in parallel) with a Modified sine
wave inverter, this also ran our electronics during this time.
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That would be a ideal for a hobbyist with a load of tanks. We have the
type fishermen use to keep their bait alive. They run for a long time on
batter power. They cost around $5 each and have lasted for years.

I have been buying them from a chinese supplier.
They cost me around $2 Aus each if I get a box of 25
they do last for quite a while too.
If you have an inverter you can run off a car you can power an entire fish
room.
Most of my setups run off one large air pump
so this has been my panic solution up until now.

I like the idea of a seperate redundency tho.
SOlar is finally getting cheap
and it's getting f'ing hot and brite here in Oz