11pm and 86 degrees...

sky.eyes.woman

sky.eyes.woman

I'd rather be in Hockeytown!
Dec 6, 2004
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...In my house! I got home from work and my house is sizzling hot! My central air is kaput, and I can't open any of my windows since the numbskull maintenance people painted them all shut. All my critters except my betta are lying around panting. I just got out of the shower and did not need a towel. I'm worried about my goldfish, it's gone up to 84 in their tank. Any ideas on how to cool them down a bit?
I must say...this sucks. :(
 
I would try some bags of ice in the tank, It should bring the temp down slowly without shocking your fish.
 
Id try the ice and maybe some small frequent water changes to cooler water. Just bring it down slow.
 
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Ah, if only I had been prepared for this with some dechlorinated ice cubes! The tank needed some water added to it, so I put in some cool water and tied a wet sheet around the tank with a fan blowing on it. It's gone down to 80.
 
I have tropical freshwater fish and their temp is usually 78-82F My tank is starting to heat up too, At what temp should I start to worry?
 
We're getting up into the ninties! Luckily my room is downstairs, only gets sun in the morning, has large windows and a fan inside it and just outside in a room that gets no sun at all. The tanks havn't gone any higher than 84. Lucky me.

Poor corys don't like it as much as they would 80, but everyone else loves the heat.
 
I had the opposite happen to me. My AC was out earlier in the summer and I turned the heater down in my tank. Long story short I got the AC back online and noticed my fish were moving slow and not eating with gusto. Looked at my temp strip and saw it was down to 68 degrees. Oops! Turned it up and all was well.
*L*T*
 
You don't need dechlorinated ice cubes if you can find a reliable, sealable plastic bag, then put the ice in that. Somebody has already mentioned this but water changes will help.
 
what about adding dechlorinator to the bag? in the event there is a leak, the water in the bag will mix with the dechlorinator and water leaking into the tank will be safe.

just a thought.

Sean
 
try for future catasphophes using a coupla soda bottles washed and filled and frozen...that way you dont have to worry about leaching in water and then you can reuse and refill..
 
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