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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / August 2003Very high temp Help Quick
I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals look like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp down and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic bag or something? Thanks, Tom Yes, you can do that, but you want to monitor your temp carefully so you don't drop it too low after the heat wave. Marc > I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals look > like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp down > and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic bag or > something? > Thanks, > Tom -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com "LSC000" <lsc000@aol.com> wrote in message > I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals look > like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp down > and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic bag or > something? Yes, that's what I did. Your ice will melt very quickly. My 10 gallon just crashed because of the heat. Good luck. > I came home to my tank at 90+ degrees. The snails are dead, the corals look > like crap and the hippo tang is going nuts. How should I bring this temp down > and how fast. I have a fan on it now, but should I add ice in a plastic bag or > something? > Thanks, > Tom One word of caution that I can offer here. BE CAREFUL! As you start removing heat from your tank, it could gain momentum. Heat always moves from a warm place to a cooler place. The greater the temperature difference the faster the transfer. If you throw a bag of ice in there and it drops 2 degrees in 10 minutes, do not assume that it will drop another 2 degrees in another 10 minutes. HTH ~Mort I deal with heat in all my tanks all the time because I have no air-conditioning. I open the top, I put on the ceiling fan and open all the doors and windows. I drop in freezer bags that I usually use for sports injuries and replace them when they thaw. You can buy the reusable filled bags at the drug store. For the s/w tank I keep a bottle of distilled water in the refrigerator and top off as frequently as I can. I raise the s/w tank's light (65 pc) up on a couple big cleaning magnets, but at 84 degrees water temp I turn the lights off on all tanks including those that house critters (turtles, toads, frogs) as well as fish. Even the ocean has cloudy days, so I don't think I'm stressing anyone by a bit of darkness. On another subject: I've read that a spot of aquarium friendly epoxy will take care of aiptasia if there are only a few. The ssmall squirt of boiling (distilled) water seems to have worked for me. Ruth Kazez |
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