Thursday, July 1, 2010

i work in saudi arabia my water temp is showing 40 degree if i put ice to maintain temp it is good or not


i work in saudi arabia my water temp is showing 40 degree if i put ice to maintain temp it is good or not?
my air condition olso on then also temp is same
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1 :
no just buy a chiller
2 :
40 C is about 104 F. with the A/C on? How much light you have and how long you leave it on? If the A/C is on all the time and the room is cool, you may have too much light or the aquarium is getting too much exposure to the sunlight or too close to the house wall that is getting direct sun hitting it. If the wall is the problem put some insulation between the tank and the wall. Adding ice will only shock your fish. You may have to buy a chiller for your size Aquarium.
3 :
Ice won't do the trick here neither will frozen water bottles. Ice is not dechlorinated or treated and it will simply melt leaving the temps to rise again. at 40 all of your beneficial bacteria is going to start to die off as well. this happens at around 95F. Fans or a chiller is what you really need to drop the temperature since you need to get it down more than 20F.