Keeping An Aquarium Cool?

beany_bot · Apr 30, 2008

Obviously i have a heater to keep my aquarium warm but durring the coming months my home regularly reaches 30-35 degress C how would i keep it cool? are there fish tank air (water) conditioners? lol

Miss Wiggle · Apr 30, 2008

yes you get coolers, they work sort of like an external filter, you've an inlet pipe taking water from the tank, it then runs through a machine which regulates temp and then pipes it back into the tank. however they cost severla hundred pounds so not many people use them.

what's important to remember for hot weather is that the hotter the water gets the less oxygen it holds, it's usually the reduced oxygen that kills fish in the summer not the heat of the water.

make sure you're filter outlet is creating a lot of surface agitation, this will provide all the oxygen you need and keep the water cool. also leave tank lids open to allow for evaporation. one of the other things to do is just keep the room with the tank in cool, so leave curtains drawn and leave a fan running through the day. if the ambient temp is lower the tank temp will be lower. :good:

beany_bot · Apr 30, 2008

Miss Wiggle said:
yes you get coolers, they work sort of like an external filter, you've an inlet pipe taking water from the tank, it then runs through a machine which regulates temp and then pipes it back into the tank. however they cost severla hundred pounds so not many people use them.

what's important to remember for hot weather is that the hotter the water gets the less oxygen it holds, it's usually the reduced oxygen that kills fish in the summer not the heat of the water.

make sure you're filter outlet is creating a lot of surface agitation, this will provide all the oxygen you need and keep the water cool. also leave tank lids open to allow for evaporation. one of the other things to do is just keep the room with the tank in cool, so leave curtains drawn and leave a fan running through the day. if the ambient temp is lower the tank temp will be lower.

So basically dont worry too much - just plenty of aireation/agitation and allow evaporation.