Coolers

[metromyers]

They make heaters for fish tanks but do they make coolers? How can you bring the temp down in a tank?

 

[Tolak]

http/www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl36...73/cl0/chillers

 

[azulfire24]

no heater, no sunlight , turn lamp off. yes they make coolers but mostly for large tanks, what fish and how high the temp,and tank size. bettas can take up to 84 as long as it stays even and dosent shift from night to day.
an emergency effort is to take a plastic soda bottle fill it 1/3 and freeze it then pop the unopened bottle in the tank colls it but u would have to keep an eye on it so it dosent get too cold and add or remove water accordingly.

 

[ReMz]

I can't imagine that it is so hot in a room that you would need to cool a fish tank.

May I inquire as to why ur asking?

 

[Ficious]

also a fan blowing fresh air on it will help. my tank dropped a degree or two when my fan was left on by accident

also a fan blowing fresh air on it will help. my tank dropped a degree or two when my fan was left on by accident

 

[newfishy]

as long as the tank is not in direct sunlight, or in a over heated room wth massive tank lighting, the betta, and most fish will be able to survive any temp a human can survive in.

 

[metromyers]

I have a 2 1/2 gallon tank at work. The building I work in is a repair shop for subway trains. The closest we come to a/c are a load of fans blowing hot air and open doors. I already have a fan blowing on the tank and about 3 water bottles in the freezer that I rotate , when one thaws I have another to use. When the tank gets to 80 degrees I put in a frozen bottle, it drops the temp to 76-78 degrees. It is a pain in the a$$. The question was asked to find out if there is an easier way. I am very picky about this tank. It is home to my baby (3 1/2 month old) Fauna and Cory, the cory cat. Fauna is quite the sassy one. I have only had her for a week and I am already wrapped around her fins. So anything I can do to make her home comfortable I do.

I know bettas like it between 74-84 degrees. Thats why I don't let it get over 80 degrees. If it gets cooler then 74 then the heater kicks in. Not only am I looking for an easier way to do this but I was hoping I could keep the temp steady.Like I said Fauna is my baby, I am hoping for a lotta time caring for her!

 

[azulfire24]

well bettas can adapt to almonst any steady temp ans long as it is stable. 80 would be ok just if it gets over 84 i would worry.

well bettas can adapt to almonst any steady temp ans long as it is stable. 80 would be ok just if it gets over 84 i would worry.
mostly coolers are for cold water fish , like a gold fish. but i think she should be ok at theat temp as long as it dosent spike to over 84. i have even heard of breeders going at 86 but thats too much in my opion, how the cory getting on is she still bugging it>?

 

[metromyers]

After dealing with high temps again today, I decided to take her home. I have a small (1 gal) bowl to put her in untill things cool down. I can't keep up with the temp changes. I cool the tank off , go to do a job, and by the time I get back, the temp is up again. I can't put her through that. So I think bringing her home is the best for now. Anyway as soon as I took Miss Fauna out of the tank I think I heard Cory let out a sigh of relief. I think he was getting tired of being her play toy! Plus Cory eats algae wafers. Those stupid wafers foul up the water something bad. I have tried diffrent foods, but Cory will only eat wafers. I think she will be happier here at home. I might just take filter-boy to work when it cools off and keep her home. I can't believe how pretty she is. Thank-you Azulfire!!!!

 

[Hawkins]

what about cory? did you leave the poor fella at work?! they prefer lower temps

 

[metromyers]

Cory is going to my brothers house for the rest of the summer.He has a 150 gallon tank. We have about 3 to 4 weeks of this heat. Once we stop seeing temps over 85 to 90 degrees on a daily basis I will bring them back. It will be like summer camp for Cory.But no I didn't leave him at work. It's just to hot.

Thanks for asking.

I hope he likes camp!!!

 

[Phoenixbaby]

remz, coolers are often used on marine tanks to keep the water stats stable, as in the summer water can evapourate away, leaving the salt behind, but with less water

this increases the SG for the amount of water left in the tankafter evap, which can make a tank very very unstable, and in worse case scenarious kill the fish etc

Marine is normally set to about SG 1.024, now if u can imagine, say its a 100 litre tank, and u add a certain amount of salt per litre to make the whole 100litres to 1.024

Now if water evapourates, it leaves the salt behind, so if a few litres evap, it then means the water in the tank is now at a higher concentration per litre, which isnt good

coolers are normally used on open top tanks with marine, but also very good on other tanks in general

Hope this helps

 

[ReMz]

remz, coolers are often used on marine tanks to keep the water stats stable, as in the summer water can evapourate away, leaving the salt behind, but with less water

this increases the SG for the amount of water left in the tankafter evap, which can make a tank very very unstable, and in worse case scenarious kill the fish etc

Marine is normally set to about SG 1.024, now if u can imagine, say its a 100 litre tank, and u add a certain amount of salt per litre to make the whole 100litres to 1.024

Now if water evapourates, it leaves the salt behind, so if a few litres evap, it then means the water in the tank is now at a higher concentration per litre, which isnt good

coolers are normally used on open top tanks with marine, but also very good on other tanks in general

Hope this helps

Thx Phoe. I figured it was for coldwater fish in summer months... never considered it for marine use.

I was more curious why metromyers was looking for one specifically tho