i am worried. We are currently having a hot spell and my 20 gallon community tank and 55 cichlid tank are both at 86F! Should I be concerned and how can I reduce the temperature safely?
What fish do you have in those tanks? There are fish that should be able to tolerate it. If you have AC, you might use it but that method is very expensive. Floating a coke bottle filled with 2/3 of cold water will help or float a freezer bag containing ice cubes.
keep the tank as clean as possible though. Ammonias, nitrites and nitrates can actually be more lethal to the fish at higher temperatures so make sure you keep an eye on all of that. JUst keep the area around the tanks as cool as possible. Sometimes a fan blowing at the tank with a tray of ice water in front of it will do the trick.
1) lights off
2) lid open with a desk fan blowing on the surface (not suitable for fish that jump, fly or crawl out of the tank) be careful the desk fan can not fall into the tank.
3) desk fan blowing on the front glass.
4) floating ice (in a bottle) or better yet pykrete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete (have back up in freezer to replace when first has thawed)
5) immerse the bottom part of your external canister in iced salt water
1) lights off
2) lid open with a desk fan blowing on the surface (not suitable for fish that jump, fly or crawl out of the tank) be careful the desk fan can not fall into the tank.
3) desk fan blowing on the front glass.
4) floating ice (in a bottle) or better yet pykrete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete (have back up in freezer to replace when first has thawed)
5) immerse the bottom part of your external canister in iced salt water
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