Preparing For A Heat Wave
#41
Posted 30 December 2013 - 10:03 PM
- Fox and malawiman85 like this
#42
Posted 30 December 2013 - 10:06 PM
Great stuff Jason. Throw some pics up
#44
Posted 30 December 2013 - 10:18 PM
Nope i've just replaced my light diffuser covers with glass lids, you shouldn't need heaters over summer at all. If you have internal filters or power heads they will give of enough heat as do lights if you have them on for long periods.
#45
Posted 09 January 2014 - 11:06 PM
got my aquarium cooling fan ready
#46
Posted 10 January 2014 - 12:39 AM
Lids should be off now guys and gals, heaters and lights to. Try to get the temperature down as low as you can over night, 22 would be ideal by morning as your going to need the extra play if it hits 44 on Sat. good luck and stay cool.
- malawiman85 likes this
#47
Posted 10 January 2014 - 07:54 AM
The bacteria consume oxygen to break down waste so if you chuck a heap of food in your tank in the morning, they wil be depleting oxygen out of the water as the temp gets hotter. Fish don't need to be fed every day so when it's 44 you're better off to not feed at all
#48
Posted 10 January 2014 - 08:26 AM
- MrLeifBeaver likes this
#49
Posted 10 January 2014 - 08:59 AM
Opinions vary. My opinion is if the fish are struggling with the heat/oxygen deficiency then treat the oxygen deficiency immediately if there is still an issue, do whatever you have to do to get the temp steady.
I have never had an issue using frozen 2 Litre coke bottles it doesent have a major effect, usually just helps keep the temp steady or might drop it by a degree or two.
I guess it depends on the size of the tank as to what you use...
#50
Posted 10 January 2014 - 09:31 AM
#51
Posted 10 January 2014 - 09:37 AM
Temp drop is always pretty minimal IME, however I only had tanks >4ft.
You can calculate easy enough
6x2x2 tank is roughly 600L and is sitting on 30 degrees
Say you freeze 10L of water to freezer temp, around -17 degrees
Formula is ((tank volume x tank temp) + (Ice volume x ice temp)) / (tank volume + ice volume)
The new temp will be ((600 x 30) + (10 x -17)) / 610 = 29.2 degrees
So 10L of ice will drop a 6ft tank less than 1 degree
Hardly worth the effort in my opinion
#52
Posted 10 January 2014 - 09:38 AM
My outdoor 1600ltr never even went past 28 i dont think.
I had a couple small tanks outside that got to 33 though so lots of water movment and oxygen was used and all went well.
Tanks in garage have been pretty chilly this last week and havent been above 27 this summer yet.
#53
Posted 10 January 2014 - 09:43 AM
I have 16lt of frozen water im lucky if it drops 1 degreeTemp drop is always pretty minimal IME, however I only had tanks >4ft.
You can calculate easy enough
6x2x2 tank is roughly 600L and is sitting on 30 degrees
Say you freeze 10L of water to freezer temp, around -17 degrees
Formula is ((tank volume x tank temp) + (Ice volume x ice temp)) / (tank volume + ice volume)
The new temp will be ((600 x 30) + (10 x -17)) / 610 = 29.2 degrees
So 10L of ice will drop a 6ft tank less than 1 degree
Hardly worth the effort in my opinion
#54
Posted 10 January 2014 - 10:19 AM
#55
Posted 10 January 2014 - 02:11 PM
Might just be a waste of time though, haha.
#56
Posted 10 January 2014 - 02:35 PM
One day I am going to try my own version of an inline cooler based on peltier coolers on an outlet from canister filter.
Should only cost about $40 to build, and $2 per day to run.
Wont be any good for large tanks, however nano tank should work.
One day...
- JackMack likes this
#57
Posted 10 January 2014 - 02:54 PM
I figured you probably wont hve the faintest clue as to what I am on about so I drew a half assed diagram: 201401110246.png 214.61KB 0 downloads
The green lines are the canister tubing, the blue represents water and the black is the glass.
What I imagine you could do is make a few of them (pay a glass blower to do so when they aren't busy making crack pipes) and have a couple in the freezer and just swap thwm over as they melt..
I would of course come up with an idea of a quick release attachment that would make it possible to replace the bulb short of turning off your canister taps and turning it off at the wall.
#58
Posted 10 January 2014 - 03:21 PM
Why not just throw the same amount of ice straight into the tank?
More effective, cheaper and easier.
Not to mention that when water freezes and turns to ice it expands, so there is a good chance you are going to shatter your spiral tube and the bulb.
#59
Posted 10 January 2014 - 03:33 PM
If the bulbs came with a formulated amount of liquid in them then you wouldn't need to worry about them bursting.
I just thought it might be a decent idea so I'll work on it and see what I can come up with.
#60
Posted 10 January 2014 - 03:33 PM
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users