[AquaticLife] Ice cubes for cooking aquariums!
Hi Noura,
It is hard to know what country I am dealing with by just E mail address. I have used Ice cubes as well on specially hot days but your frig will not keep up. Thus what I do is use the larger snapple plastic 32 Oz type bottle and allow those to freeze solid- several will be needed as it takes a number of hours to freeze solid. I cut off the tops and scrub all the labels off. Then when the container is in the tank for a few minutes the 80+ degree water allows the ICE to slip out of plastics and I use fish water to freeze again. What some have not said that is still important is that the temperature must not be changed very abruptly but should go slowly. The reason I bring this up is that a lot of little ICE cubes will melt faster and change temperature the same. Whereas a larger mass will take longer to melt and change the temp slower. The 32C is around 89 F.. to me 82 is high and I never let it get past that. Use this converter- http://www.themoneyalert.com/TemperatureConversionCalculator.html
Here is a complete table- http://www.albireo.ch/temperatureconverter/table.htm
Best regards,
Sam Palermo, Chief Engineer Skywave Broadcast Engineering, Chicago (708)334-2260 Past Teac/Tascam Service Technician still doing repairs.
N Taweel wrote: > > > Hi Steve.. It’s a 20 G community tank, with closed wooden top to hide the > lighting. and I have another 2 G tank for guppy fry, but these don’t > really > matter, I can simply stop “saving” them out of the big tank and let the > others eat them as a rich fresh protein meal. I’m more interested in > cooling the 20 G. The temperature in some summer days can reach 32 C > (don’t > know how many F degrees is that). > I can’t find any aquarium chillers here in my country, and the “poor > man’s” > chiller will put the living room in chaos. but I’m very interested in the > ice cubes idea, I never thought this might work. I guess I’ll spend the > whole day watching the thermometer and filling ice trays in the frig! > especially on those very hot days. > It isn’t quite practical , but I’ll write it down in my notebook untill I > hear about a better idea. Thanks for your advise. > > Noura > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Steve Szabo” > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 5:13 PM > Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Turning the heat DOWN > > It is interesting that your guppies were dying at 30C. The temperature > range they can live in goes up into the 90’s F. You do not mention the > size of your tank(s), so it is difficult to determine the best course of > action for you. A chiller has been mentioned already, but they can be > expensive purchase and to run. > > A fan blowing across the surface of the water can induce some > evaporative cooling, but then you would need to add water every day to > keep the water level up. Floating ice in the tank can help, but then you > would need to ensure a steady supply of ice. > > One thing that can work very well is to build your own “poor man’s” > chiller. To do so, you would need a small dorm refrigerator, a good > length of aquarium tubing, a small water pump, and some sealant. Google > “DIY chiller” (with the quotes) for articles on how to make your own > chiller. > > \Steve// > > —–Original Message—– > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > ] > On Behalf Of N Taweel > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 7:33 AM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AquaticLife] Turning the heat DOWN > > Hi! > Last year I lost almost all of my ‘home-bred’ goupies due to high > temperature. They were dying one after the other during one month. > Now the summer is almost here, and I was wondering if there’s anything > that > could be done to save my babies. > The temperature reaches 30 C sometimes, it’s 29 C right now. I don’t > think > that daily PWC (5%) will make any difference in temperature, as it will > run > up so quickly. > and I can’t use my air conditioner anymore because both me and my son > have > nasal sinus problems. > Any suggestions are welcomed! > > Noura > > ———————————— > >
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