parrdog Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 G'day All, Hope everyone's fish are coping with the heat. Maybe we could put up our little tricks we use to keep those temps down and keep the gilled ones happy . I freeze drink containers and float them in the tank. I also point a fan at the surface with the lids off, I also keep the light off when it's really hot. I also make sure the water surface is well agitated. My tank has hit a peak of 29 degrees but no higher. Has anyone else got any more tips. Hope you guys out west are coping ok, Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 My fish room is at 27 but its only 33 degrees outside ATM. My inside tank (Tropheus) is at 30.1 and it will get another degree higher before it gets cooler Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wui39 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Was at a LFS today and they had a digital thermo on the tank, and it read 34.7 degrees!!!!! My tanks are all hovering around the 30 degree mark atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest parallel Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Hi, I use the same method float a chilled bottle on the top. But today my tank hits 32.5 degrees. Now I'm blasting the tank with a fan. I'm thinking of buying a small portable fridge from K-Mart and mod it to fit my canister. What do anyone think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I'm thinking of buying a small portable fridge from K-Mart and mod it to fit my canister. What do anyone think? I think that's a very expensive way to cool a tank. As long as the temp doesn't get 35 degrees or more, the fish should be ok as long as there is sufficient air / water movement. My tanks are sitting on 32/33 most days. Can't wait until my coolroom / fishroom is delivered in a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwboy53 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I turn on my Airconditioner, (the cheap window ones) and let it run during the day. It keeps the tanks around 25~27 degrees. This morning when I woke up, one tank was already 31! Now as a habit, on my main tank, I leave the hood and glass lid open. The evaporation seems to help abit. Though in extreme heat, I also turn the lights off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaZ Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Can't wait until my coolroom / fishroom is delivered in a few days ← You're a man full of surprises Andy How long have you been planning this for? Sounds like a fun project I find doing a water change in the late afternoon helps cool the tanks down a bit. I've never tried floating ice. For those who do it, how many degrees does it seem to drop the tank and for how long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I find doing a water change in the late afternoon helps cool the tanks down a bit. I've never tried floating ice. For those who do it, how many degrees does it seem to drop the tank and for how long? I found it make no difference in my 6 foot tank. In smaller tanks it might help, but I found that 30 degree water will melt the frozen water in about half and hour. I have water aging the shed and it is at 30+ degrees doing water changes wont help me today. Its 11.45 and its already pasted 40 . I will just spend all arvo in the fish room Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaZ Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yeah having aged water wont help much I guess. Us lazy folk who do water changes straight from the tap seem to have the advantage here. The water from the tap is coming out at around 23 degrees I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_1 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 my tanks are at a steady 24-26 degrees because my house has air condition and the temp outside is 43 degrees at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted January 1, 2006 Author Share Posted January 1, 2006 This morning I floated two frozen 600ml drink bottles while having a fan pointed at the water surface. The temp went from 29 degrees to 28.5. It's still at that temp now. My tank is 470 litres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropheusQueen Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I am almost melting at 42 degrees in the rooms upstairs where the aircon won't reach and the tanks downstairs in all rooms are a happy 27 - 29 degrees might have to go in with them Happy New year all Aline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Well here in Whyalla the temp was consistantly 40oc and over. At one point it was 47oc in the shade and the study/fishroom was 45oc. I simply steered cold air into the fish room using pedastal fans and it did the job. I took the front lids off the aquariums and the temp of the water went from 32-29 in the space of a couple of hours. Another way of cooling was suggested to me a while back by Ash. He said he has pc fans hooked up to blow air over the surface of the water for evaporative cooling. It would be great if ash could run us through how he did it. Either that of just take your lids off and run fans over the surface of your water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yeah, my 6x2x2 is hovering around 30-34ºC and has been for the two weeks. I'm amazed at just how bullet proof the fishies are. The agro is up a bit but so is the breeding! I've also been taking out tank water in 6ltr tubes and freezing overnight, throwing them in the morning but they melt in about 5 minutes. Don't know if it's helping them but it makes me feel a bit better about the situation glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 It would be nice if Tassie got some temperatures like you guys are getting. The Dec max average was 21.6C and I think we've only had one or two days this season that got over 25C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian09 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I had a bad day. I was out away from home today and when i came back at 8pm my 3 footer and 6 footer were at 40 and 38 degrees respectively. two bristle noses and two venustus fry in the 3 footer died:( and 12 monster fish in the 6 footer died including my whole fusco colony (male was 25-26cm). I did an immeditate water change but it was a sad night. Surprisingly when i first saw the tank there were a few floaters, but all the male venustus' were flairing up and still trying to breed with the females in 38 degree water, they seem to be extremely hardy. I was angry I didn't get home earlier today, but there wasn't much i could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6C1 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Im sorry to hear that Adrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Usually those temperatures are the norm for perth at this time of the year...thankfully we are yet to experience the heat. I guess it is an ominous sign for the coming few months though Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stotto Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Yep i aswell had a bad day I lost my entire Salousi colony and a few BN that were in the same tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdc Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 ive got an outdoors tank that peaked at 36C at 10pm fish looked fine until i just came back...and its abt 32C 1 of 9 clowns passed n the rest r gasping for air 20% tap water change n they appear to be happier surprisingly 2 sailfin pl*cos survived and r acting wierd.......theyre chasing and brushing tails with each other...surely they cant be breeding?! ah well with death comes life.... at least the koi spawned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colfish Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 sorry to hear a few of you guys had a bad day i had a very busy day, but overall a good day, no losses. in anticipation of the forcasted temps, i filled 3x200ltr drums fri. night. by 11am today the tanks in an unisulated shed where hitting mid 30's. the change water was around 30/32, i wasn't looking at dropping the temp in the tanks too much,just wanted to freshen them up, with a 50% change, by the time i got to my 3ft plant nusery tank it was around the 38 mark. i set up 2 big industrial fans, 1 pointing out the window, the other pointing at the whirlybird. they didn't seem to drop the shed temp by much, but the tanks stayed steady at low 30's. the fish room faired a lot better, just reaching 29 in the lower tanks, 30 in the high tanks, but i still done 25% water changes. as at 10pm everything was holding steady, and with the cool change [???] all should be well overnight. i hope we all have a better day tomorrow. just as an aside note, we had 47d under the pergola at 2pm!! then the shade from the jackaranda moved over, but i'm sure it got hotter then that around 3/4pm cheers all; Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashieFront Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I dont know how my fish r going? I left my friend to look after them (yes he knows how to) My sun room reaches VERY high temps. I hope my fish r alright. Im in Vietnam traveling. Thats the only down fall of having fish. I trust my friend but he can't be there all the time. I can't help to worry when u see on the news how hot it is down there. WORRIED 4 tanks about 20 fish each tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[RK] Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 2 dead raspboras that i can see right now. Tank temp is 34.5 degrees. Its just my room thats hot. The outside temp tonight is about 25 degrees. There is probably more deaths, but with the lights off i cant see. I know the raspboras a cheap but it still sucks :\ I cant stand the sight of dead fishes. just grosses me out and makes me go funny. Im gonna get wee wEEed off my BN dies. I've had him since i bought the tank almost a year ago. And i also dont want my rainbows to die. grrr. stupid heat! i wish i had the money to buy a chiller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modes Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Not good to hear of others loosing fish. I've been lucky, all survived with party ice and 4 litre lumps. Can't say what temp but off the scale of the stick on thermometer and still at about 32 monday morning. Replaced about 15 litres due to evaporation. A 25% water change may help today. Best part, it's a day off & I can do something about tank temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted January 1, 2006 Author Share Posted January 1, 2006 I'm sorry to hear that some of you had losses . I feel lucky that my fish are all ok. Hope you guys have a better day in the cooler temps today, Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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