Hey! So my AC has broken and the area where my axie is is being affected, what I usually do when this happens is move him to a fridge and keep him there until the ac is fixed and the tank is back to normal. Basically I wanted to double check if this is ok and if I should change anything about how I move him back to the tank? He goes from a tupper wear container in the fridge to his tank but I let the container float above the water until the temperatures are the same. Is this too fast for him to where it would stress him out? Any help would be appreciated.
Fridging is generally reserved for emergency situations. Here are a few things that I'd recommend as options to try out first (in order of things to try):
1. Move the tank to the coolest, driest (in terms of humidity) room possible. Rooms on lower floors will be cooler. In fact, moving a tank even from a stand down to the floor can potentially help, since heat rises. A lack of humidity will help the water cool through evaporation.
2. To further help with evaporation, you can set up a fan that blows across the surface of the water.
3. Use a chiller. These can get expensive, but they really work. Ice probe chillers are a less expensive version (usually around $130), but they are not quite as effective (though still very helpful)
4. Freeze some small water bottles and pop them in as necessary. This is another urgent-situation-only option. It will cool the water by a few degrees for a short amount of time, but these sudden temperature changes can cause a lot of stress.
5. Again, I only use fridging as a last result. Your method of floating the tub sounds perfect! Ideally, the temperatures would be as close as possible to help make this change as smooth as possible.