Possible temperature solution

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Right now i'm running an aquaclear 30, and my room is always hot anyway so my tank is warm. I've been thinking of just making an ice pack the right size to be fitted on top of the filter stack on it to chil lthe water and cycle it evenly, and just put it in the freezer a second one when it thaws.

Good idea? bad idea? If a bad idea why?
 
The water will probably not be in contact with the ice pack long enough to significantly cool it.
 
Also, it'll take longer to cool the new pack than it will to warm up the other one. It'll help, but I can't see it making much of a difference. Rigging some computer fans up on the tank would probably help more, and would be less labor intensive.

I notice you're in Canada; if the temp issue is right now, you could always open the window a crack, or do what I tried last year (wanted to cool my Necturus down for breeding); have many frozen containers, stick them outside to freeze, works better than the fridge (less energy intensive and needs less fridge space.)
 
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