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Here is my dilemma; My 60 Gal tank is reaching temperatures of over 87 degrees. My husband kept telling me my thermometer was not working right and so where the lfs. To prove them all wrong, I unplugged the thermometer. I was able to lower the temperature by changing out some water to 84, then again to 82. The tank in one day went from 82 (before 9AM) to 84 (after 7PM). I have the light off during this time. No sun light hits the tank and the ambiance of the room/house is 79-80 degrees. Last night, when cooling the tank down again, to only 2 degrees below what I started, I had unplugged the filter. (Eheim) and this morning, the temperature was down to 81 on its own, without my help. (yippee) Could my filter be the problem? I am not sure how it could be, but I have to ask.


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this will be a stupid question...but is it in anyway near some heater or could be the wall behind it is warm??? the ambient temp of the room...is kinda high....my room temp is somewhere around 74 and the water inside the tank is always higher than the room temp..somehwere around 78 or even 80....so, it could be the room itself too.

also, u can always check the heater if its emitting heat by touching it!!!


Last edited by tankie at 01-Jun-2005 10:07

If the filter motor is spending a lot of time in contact with the water, it could be, but it seems unlikely.. anything near the tank? TV? Computer?

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not the wall, wall is a standing alone wall. Heater is unplugged. Lights off. (not great for my live plants) temp is back upto 82 degrees. To think I would have to keep room at 74, hell, I would have a bill from there. Living in Vegas in the summertime is not easy.

Last edited by entkitty at 01-Jun-2005 10:11

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no computer or TV near the tank. Moter sits on the floor. Tank on a stand. oh, what am i going to do? My small 8 gal tank on the lower part of the stand stays at 79-80 at all times.

Last edited by entkitty at 01-Jun-2005 10:11

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wow..thats really weird...the smaller tank is the one suppose to be more e to flactuations...hmmm????!!!!???

Hi Entkitty,
another way to help keep your tank temp constant, in the hot weather is add a couple off pre- frozen water bottles to your tank during hot days/ times. Another is take off lids and cover with insect netting (to stop fish jumping out) and have a fan blowing on your tank. Or you may need to look at Air conditioning your room where the fish tank is to keep a constant temp.If your tank is marine, you will need a chiller unit to keep temps constant. Good luck. Muss

Yes, strange that the smaller tank stays the same. As for the room, the A/C is on to keep the room at 79 degrees. The net idea may work, it just seems so buzzard to me. :%) the frozen water bottle is another good idea, i can try that too.

Last edited by entkitty at 02-Jun-2005 10:54

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The bigger the tank the more heat absorbs and the more time it takes to lose such heat and that is why in smaller tanks there is a lot of tempertaure fluctuations. try to remove any top covers so that heat will not be trapped between the top cover and the water. Let air circulate you may use an electric fan near it to help circulate the air and reduce lighting which could be another cause of temp. rise

ok, so where can one find material to cover the top of the tank as in a net like material?

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entkitty

Now, I might be way off (call me stupid if you like ), but you mention you have an Eheim filter. This would not be by any chance an Eheim Pro II with built in heater (model 2126 or 2128) or something similar?

That would explain why the temperature goes down when you have the filter unplugged.

Ingo

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im not in favor of putting cold bottles in the tank....coz...the temp will not change the entire tank...u will end up with spot temp differences where the water near the bottle is colder than the rest of the tank...this is a very limited option. worse scenario...ull have ich in ur tank.

since u have ac running in the room....try to lower the room temp a little bit more to say 76-77..then, ur water in the tank might go down to at least 80.

I do agree with tankie but i found that if I put the ice packs in front of the water jet it will ensure a circulation of the cold water inside the tank

my filter does not have a heater built in. as for the water bottle, this seems to help, i put a small bottle on both sides of the tank and it cools it about 1 1/2 degrees. (80 now) as for putting the AC down to 76-77, it would be running all day and night and i would freeze, let alone, having a bill of over $300. So that is not going to happen.(I have a very large house) Also, I did put the net on the back of the tank so it is also open, this too has helped quit abit. The only sickness I have had is fungle growth from it being so hot. I have remove the fish infected and they are in the lower tank getting better. Should be able to join the big tank in about 4 days time. I am still going to go buy a small fan to place over the tank to keep the air moving above the tank. All ideas that you have given me have been great. Thank you all.

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Just an update. The Fan did the trick. No more water bottles. A high powered fan, faning the top of the tank, with the netting on the back, cooled the tank to room temp in just 2 1/2 hours. Tank is at 80. Will turn the fan to high with tank lights are on. Thank you all!!! now all will be happy, fish and plants.

Last edited by entkitty at 09-Jun-2005 21:14

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acturally when its really hot you dont really need to turn on ur heater since the weather already warm up ur water.