jsiegmund
Member
Hi all,
Finally summer has hit and temperatures the upcoming days seem to be rocketing. Where I live they are even expecting 37-38 degrees Celcius for the weekend (not something regular in Holland). So I was wondering whether I should take any precautions for my tank, or that I don't need to worry? I have it running at about 27 degrees normally. It's in my living room which can get pretty hot, so I'm quite sure ambient temperatures will get to 30 - 35 degrees.
The easiest fix seems to be opening up the hood and having some surface agitation to stimulate vaporising water. Maybe put on an additional fan and of course I'll try to keep the room itself as cool as possible. I can even drop in some ice cubes but I doubt that will do any good on 240 liters. Any other things I should / can do, or is that going to be enough to get me and my fish through the day? In the weekend I can do a water change when it starts to get really bad, but I won't be in during the week.
Finally summer has hit and temperatures the upcoming days seem to be rocketing. Where I live they are even expecting 37-38 degrees Celcius for the weekend (not something regular in Holland). So I was wondering whether I should take any precautions for my tank, or that I don't need to worry? I have it running at about 27 degrees normally. It's in my living room which can get pretty hot, so I'm quite sure ambient temperatures will get to 30 - 35 degrees.
The easiest fix seems to be opening up the hood and having some surface agitation to stimulate vaporising water. Maybe put on an additional fan and of course I'll try to keep the room itself as cool as possible. I can even drop in some ice cubes but I doubt that will do any good on 240 liters. Any other things I should / can do, or is that going to be enough to get me and my fish through the day? In the weekend I can do a water change when it starts to get really bad, but I won't be in during the week.