Hot water

[SimonA]

My water is borderline on the top of the green block on the thermomerter and I cant seem to cool it down any suggestions?

 

[guppiegirl]

have you tried leaving the lid off for a couple of hours. mine was the same earlier today and it has cooled down now.

 

[SimonA]

It is 80F and I will try leaving the lid off a bit.

 

[clutterydrawer]

why's it so hot? is it getting direct sun?

 

[SimonA]

I dont know why it is so hot it just is and no my curtains in my room have been closed all of today.

 

[juliethegr8t]

You can always float bottles of cold or cool water in the tank too, that makes a big difference.

 

[yhbae]

Try keeping the top open - if that doesn't help enough, get a large fan that you use in your room, and blow air above the water. This cools down the water quite fast... I only need to do this about once a year where I live, but it works!

 

[SimonA]

Cool I will fill a bottle with water and put it in the frige

 

[Tropjunky]

have u tried turning the heater down (could be a faulty heater.

 

[clutterydrawer]

Yeah...If it's not especially hot in your room, i think your heater must be faulty...

 

[tangeriiine]

im having the same probs as well i turned my heater off for the past few days..added cold water and left the lid open..but mines still shoots up to around 84c everyday!

 

[Dwarfs]

What's wrong with 80? 2 above normal? The heaters not faulty. My old heater raised the tank to 100 a few weeks ago, and my severum, firemouths, and rainbow cichlid were fine. My Knife fish however Just turn the heater down a bit, and unless you have coldwater fish you should be ok

 

[scottminot]

When my temps get a bit high in my tanks I like to use a 1/2 gallon milk jug that I fill 3/4 of the way and freeze. Drop it in the tank and it works out just fine.

 

[mrswoman2000]

I have had the same probs with temp because of the heat in general at this time of year. I was advised to put icecubes into a plastic bag and float the bag on top of tank water. It brought the temp down great and not to quickly.
Hope this helps

Lynn

 

[nutter]

If it gets too hot try putting some icecubes in a bag to lower it to the temperature you want

Nutter