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Too Hot For Tropicals Edward Cowling London UK 07-18-2006
Posted by Edward Cowling London UK on July 18, 2006, 6:01 am
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After loosing a few fish in the summer of 2003 I've now got a reliable
routine for keeping the fish cool. I leave the tank flaps up and let a
fan play softly over the water. Simple, but yesterday my tanks didn't go
above 79 degrees F all day.

Despite being called tropicals they really suffer in the extreme heat,
so you need some way of keeping them comfortable. I change about 25-30%
of the tank water weekly, so loss from evaporation isn't a problem.


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Posted by on July 18, 2006, 6:41 am
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 On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:01:35 +0100, Edward Cowling London UK

>Despite being called tropicals they really suffer in the extreme heat,
>so you need some way of keeping them comfortable. I change about 25-30%
>of the tank water weekly, so loss from evaporation isn't a problem.

"Tropical" varies a huge amount. It aeration that's the problem with
most "too warm" tanks.

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Posted by !Speedy Gonzales! on July 18, 2006, 12:25 pm
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> After loosing a few fish in the summer of 2003 I've now got a reliable
> routine for keeping the fish cool. I leave the tank flaps up and let a fan
> play softly over the water. Simple, but yesterday my tanks didn't go above
> 79 degrees F all day.


My tank has been over 80degreesF/27degreesC a few times over the past couple
of days and all I have done is change about 30% of the water with cold water
from the tap(treated of course).
My fish have been a bit on the quiet side and 1 particular guppy has taking
to hiding in one of my plants as if she were giving birth/playing dead!?!
I have a couple of airstones as I know warmer water doesn't hold O2 as good
as cold.
I'm up in Edinburgh so not nearly as hot as it is down South.
If this heat wave carries on, is there anything else I could do to keep my
fish(community tank) happy?

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Posted by Edward Cowling London UK on July 18, 2006, 1:06 pm
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>as cold.
>I'm up in Edinburgh so not nearly as hot as it is down South.
>If this heat wave carries on, is there anything else I could do to keep my
>fish(community tank) happy?
>

I'm not sure how wise it is, but I have tried it in extreme weather and
it does get the temperature down. That is creating your own fish tank
icebergs :-) Fill up a tupperware container with tank water, freeze it,
and then put the resulting iceberg in the tank.

I have heard the very cold water close to the berg isn't good for the
fish, but none of mine seemed ill after I did it. A brick size berg will
bring the temperature down by 5% or so.


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Posted by robotiser@googlemail.com on July 18, 2006, 3:14 pm
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My fish look fine, though the temperature is high. However, there were
an awfully large number of dead fish, mainly sticklebacks, in the river
Soar today.



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