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Found this little gem, going home tonight and trying it. It was 36c at my place yesterday, left home this morning putting frozen drink bottles in the tank, they are predicting a week of this here. Howard is swimming near the bottle to keep cool and has some white patches appearing, guess heat stress. Bernie seems to be coping better.
Has anyone tried doing this.
How to make a homemade EMERGENCY aquarium chiller
If you need a quick emergency remedy for your over-heated aquarium while putting a more durable construction together or waiting for a ready-made one to arrive, you can try this emergency chiller.
What you’ll need
A small canister filter with the motor on top
A bucket
Plenty of ice
What you’ll do
Fill the bucket with ice.
Immerse the lower half of the canister filter in the ice.
Use the filter as you would use a normal aquarium filter.
Replace the ice continuously.
As mentioned above, this is just a quick emergency solution– not something that you can relay on in the long run. You have to monitor the temperature in the aquarium closely because this type of emergency aquarium chiller can easily cause dangerous fluctuations in water temperature. DO NOT unplug your heater.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Aquarium-chillers/
www.aquaticcommunity.comEverything you ever need to know about about aquarium chillers, including how to build a DIY chiller and an emergency chiller.
Has anyone tried doing this.
How to make a homemade EMERGENCY aquarium chiller
If you need a quick emergency remedy for your over-heated aquarium while putting a more durable construction together or waiting for a ready-made one to arrive, you can try this emergency chiller.
What you’ll need
A small canister filter with the motor on top
A bucket
Plenty of ice
What you’ll do
Fill the bucket with ice.
Immerse the lower half of the canister filter in the ice.
Use the filter as you would use a normal aquarium filter.
Replace the ice continuously.
As mentioned above, this is just a quick emergency solution– not something that you can relay on in the long run. You have to monitor the temperature in the aquarium closely because this type of emergency aquarium chiller can easily cause dangerous fluctuations in water temperature. DO NOT unplug your heater.
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/Aquarium-chillers/
www.aquaticcommunity.comEverything you ever need to know about about aquarium chillers, including how to build a DIY chiller and an emergency chiller.
