Water Temp Problem

Luke7e

Luke7e

New Member
Just wanted to get some advise from everyone...With the warm weather now uppon us in Maine, I am having problems in my 12G Nano keeping the water temp down. Before last week, the temp fluctuated from 78 to 81 now it is steady around 83 and 85!!! I don't think this is particularly good for my corals as my star poly looks horrible. The toadstool still looks great and the Candy Cane Coral looks so-so. Any advise on how to keep the temps down? The room temp is around 75 normally and we don't have any AC in the home. PLEASE HELP as I don't want to lose my corals!!!!
 
lcstorc

lcstorc

Well-Known Member
Fans are the best answer I have found (short of a chiller). Just keep an eye on the evaporation. You will need to adjust your top-off schedule.
Peace
Lynn
 
Dragon Wrasse

Dragon Wrasse

Active Member
I have had to fill a zip lock bag with ice and float it my tank until the temp comes down...it worked pretty good on a day the power went out and the AC wasn't working...
 
Paendora

Paendora

New Member
Down here in Texas, the same problem's happened in my 75gal when the temp's gone up unexpectedly. Found a hit to keep a couple of 2 liter bottles frozen to pop in to drop the temp. For your smaller tank, an empty 20oz pop bottle might work too.

I like the plastic bag idea too!
 
J

jimeluiz

Active Member
Yeah - we float a frozen bottle in the sump if we get freaked out about the temp mid-afternoon. also you can reduce the time your lights are on.

As a general solution we have a fan.
 
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