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Here is a photo of how I have lowered the temp by 2c that is not much but it all counts.

I have placed two pieces of 25mm X 50mm --2ins X 1ins timber on top of the back piece of glass by doing this I now have taken the direct heat off of the glass the glass temp now is 29.

The front flap is open at the front by a long chopstick. I can not take this piece off reason being the Betta could easily jump out I lost two that way.

I also have a pedestal fan in the room.
At the moment the outside temp is 35c-85f and we are expecting higher temps in the next few days

The tank temp is 28-29 at the moment.

Note I have two temp gauges and both are reading the same.
I also have a little marker on the stick on one to give the the exact amount of water I take out at each water change.
I also have the same for the 5ft tank but with that I use the top of the temp gauge, by doing that I remove the correct amount of water every time, very simply but also fool proof.

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Keith

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Keeping Betta tank cool

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Good idea with the chopstick. Maybe take it a step farther, and drill some holes in the cover? If you're looking to get down to around 25c, try a cheap air conditioner and a smaller room if possible and cool the whole room down. This will create the most stable temperature, and require the lest messing around with the tank. If an air conditioner isn't affordable, try pulling water changes with cool water a couple times a day... maybe rig some sort of drip overflow device if possible. Cold packs on the side of the tank might work, but they might also drop the temperature too much. Either way, turning your heater down to the lowest your fish can handle, if not off completely would help. Let your fish tank get as cold as you're comfortable letting it at night. Good luck, keeping fish cool isn't always easy.

Hi,
Another "quick" way to cool the tank water is to purchase
one of those "tiny" refrigerators.
Run a filter hose from the tank into the refrigerator
and back to the tank.
Hook up the hose with a power head and circulate the water
through the hose. Draw from one side of the tank and
return the water to the other side. Have anywhere from
5-15 feet of hose coiled inside the box. Those really
serious will use threaded "bulkhead" hose mounts
also known as feed through connectors for
hose connections. Course you can keep your soda pop
in it as well.

Frank


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