Keeping newts cool

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Hey, I have had trouble keeping my newts cool lately and my house temperature is at 78-80.Therefore my newts tank is that temperature.I was just wondering how to keep them cool other then putting them to the basement since I can't because I live in a apartment.i also looked on caudata culture and those are not my options either maybe you guys have a easy way of keeping them cool?
 
Some people have had success by placing a fan above their tank. Others have used a ice pack, freeze it tehn place in teh tank ( might work betetr if in tank water) If you keep doing this ( i advise two ice packs) then tempreture should slowly decrees. Could try those methods, dont knwo if tehy'l do teh job for you, but worth i try i suppose.

Good luck
 
The CC article summarizes most possible options:
Caudata Culture Articles - Cooling
If you seriously cannot manage any of those, then should you really be keeping caudates in captivity? I'd suggest going back to that article and thinking harder about how you might adapt some of the methods to what you have available.

As rebel mentions, fans and cold packs are options. Fans are very effective, but should be used for fully aquatic species. In a terrarium, a fan will dry out the substrate and/or the animal rather quickly.
 
Would ice cubes on top of a mesh tank lid be plausible? - the higher the room temperature, the more ice melts, dripping cool water into the tank.
 
Oh ok thanks never thought of the icepack idea.I'am going to try that.
 
This is just a thought that I have had for a while now but never tried, should work however.

Instead of just cooling one tank one could cool 2 tanks the same time. Using a well isolated wood box with a freezer under, then the pipes goes from the freezer up and trough the terrarium bottom(one pipe where coold air blows out and the other for change of air. All is controlled by a computer fan attached in front of one pipe hole inside the freezer. This way both tanks should get the same temperature and it should also not become cold drafts for the animals. Perhaps it would be a good idea to place a cold humidifiers inside the wood box as well.

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Someone should try this so I dont have to.
 
How about getting a room air conditioner. They make them now so that all you need to do is vent them outside....No more sticking the units into the window...
 
merk199 said:
How about getting a room air conditioner. They make them now so that all you need to do is vent them outside....No more sticking the units into the window...
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How could i forgot that. Portable air conditioning is absolutly the easiest way to cool down a hole room.
 
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