Hot tank in the summer time!

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:25:27 -0400, "Psinapse"
wrote:

I have a new tank in my living room. I had 6 red serpae in it. They have now
passed on due to the changes in temperature I've found. If I leave the AC on
constantly the temp will go down to 74-76 degrees. The problem is that the
natural temp for the room is about 84-86. What can I do, short of a chiller
of some type, to regulate the Temp to something in the tropical fish range
and not get hit with another case of Ich.



AllI have read I agree with, I have a similiar situation, only the
tank is in my Son's room, on the third floor of the town house, and we
really can't get the room temp low enough to lower the tank temp.

Bad placement on our part, that corner of the house gets full sun, all
day long.

I bought a Spiderman "mini-fridge" on Amazon ($20). Holds just a
little over a six pack. I had an old hang on the back power filter,
self contained, little pump, flat filter pack...

I took the fridge apart, discovered that it is a peltier coolr with a
large heat sink and fan, same thing used to over clock computers. I
then attached it to the back of the filter, this was a major pain, I
had to put holes in the front, and the back so I could screw it back
together.

Long story short, after letting the silicon gel dry, I am waiting for
it to cure. Test runs in a 5 gallon bucket dropped the temperatore
about 15degrees F. in about 2 hours.

If you have the time, and inclination, this might be a fun project for
you.




--Tony