How to cool a tank on hot days?

dang hot here in the SF Bay Area. how to, if necessary, to cool it down
for the fish?

have treated water ice cubes? the wife would love that....



Craig

Send it to England. Nice cool 15'c today (I'm wearing a t-shirt, jumper and
leather coat) [more follows]

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dang hot here in the SF Bay Area. how to, if necessary, to cool it down
for the fish?

I think we should set up some kind of heat transferance device to get some
heat here!

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Take heart, it's sposed to be back down to 80 by Sunday.
G

I suppose you could also use one of those Aquarium chillers. However, I
don't know if the $700 is worth it.

Krist.
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dang hot here in the SF Bay Area. how to, if necessary, to cool it down
for the fish?

have treated water ice cubes? the wife would love that....



Craig

how hot? increase aeration up to 90oF. after that freeze TREATED water in ziploc
bags and float those. even if they spring a leak the water is safe if treated.
Ingrid

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dang hot here in the SF Bay Area. how to, if necessary, to cool it down
for the fish?

have treated water ice cubes? the wife would love that....



Craig



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Top posting cuz you started it:

I have no idea, but they're much less
likely to leak than ziplock bags.
These are sturdy, and in years of use (in my
beer coolers) none has ever leaked. Since they're
sold for use around food, I'm sure the content is
non-toxic to humans (which says little about toxicity
to fish, I know).

In article , dr-
says...
if they spring a leak, what is in those blue things?

Gunther wrote:
I've semi-successfully used those blue plastic freezer things
that you pack food with.


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What's wrong with just throwing freeze treated ice cubes in?
Scoop out excess water after.
....Kodiak


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how hot? increase aeration up to 90oF. after that freeze TREATED water
in ziploc
bags and float those. even if they spring a leak the water is safe if
treated.
Ingrid

Craig wrote:

dang hot here in the SF Bay Area. how to, if necessary, to cool it down
for the fish?

have treated water ice cubes? the wife would love that....



Craig



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www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

ice cubes cool pretty fast. a solid chunk of ice cools longer and more slowly. like
floating ice rings in punch bowls. Ingrid

"Kodiak" wrote:

What's wrong with just throwing freeze treated ice cubes in?
Scoop out excess water after.
...Kodiak


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Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
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Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
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Gunther,

We use them in my daughter's lunch boxes for school and they don't way what
the contents is just that they are safe and non-toxic.

Tom L.L.
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Top posting cuz you started it:

I have no idea, but they're much less
likely to leak than ziplock bags.
These are sturdy, and in years of use (in my
beer coolers) none has ever leaked. Since they're
sold for use around food, I'm sure the content is
non-toxic to humans (which says little about toxicity
to fish, I know).

In article , dr-
says...
if they spring a leak, what is in those blue things?

Gunther wrote:
I've semi-successfully used those blue plastic freezer things
that you pack food with.


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