FRIED FISH.

ImAGMan

ImAGMan

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Just got off work and arrived home checked on the fishes etc. well the tank in my room. i always sleep with the window open and also leave it open all the time. I live in a old house, theres no air con just fans etc. Well, today i arrived home and i felt the tank, its was pretty darn warm. i check the temp and its 95! :| its at average 78.............. the fish are all fine..and i have the heater set at 72-75ish. Its a 50w visa therm heater in 10gal.

What can i do to prevent this from happening. i live in so cal and it is pretty warm which likely also lead to the higher temp today. Should i lower the initial temp of the heater?

i dont want to arrive home to fried fish..it also appeared they neeed Oxygen as i opened the hood right away and they all came up.
 
no. . . . having it hot is not great, but lowering the temp of the heater may allow the temperature to swing back and forth too much. the range of temperatures can be just as dangerous as temps that are too high. what is the temperature at night? maybe try leaving the window open at night when it is cooler to get the cooler air into the room, then in the morning before it gets hot close the window and pull down the shades. hot air won't come right in and the sun shouldn't warm the room up too much.
 
My room is in the back of the house, there is no sun hitting it. the room itself just gets heated. with or without the window, infact i think its cooler with the window open.
 
Wow you're lucky none of your fish died. Maybe your heater is malfunctioning?
 
I see the same thing here in SoCal.

My tanks have gotten up into the 90's just from ambient room temps. Use a fan to blow across the top. that will lower it a few degrees but you will have to top off a lot.

I have yet to have a fish die because of the high temps.(Knocks on wood)
 
that dangerous, i had spots from something like that.
when lowering the temperature be slow, where if you jump to much, it may cause spots:O
 
a 10 gallon tank is small enough that a fan will help keep the tank in a normal range. (when the temp hit above 100 last summer i managed to keep my tank at 82) i also live in a room that is ungodly hot
 
lol i know your trouble. shoot i live in the inland empire. it's basically a desert out here and temperature is always higher than the rest of socal. since i don't' have fans everywhere and i have wayy too many tanks, i usually just close the blinds and let the curtains hang down and keep the tanks away from the sunlight or windows. (in your case that would help in addition to the fans) good luck!
 
I use the fan method as well. Since no one is home during the day, I put it on a timer to start at 2:00 and run until I get home, or 7 p.m.
I watched the temp on the tank one day I was home. For me, the tank hit about 82 at 3 p.m. So I set the timer for 2:00.
Definitely keep the heater set to your desired temp. In case the fan cools it too much, the heater kicks in.
 
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