Tank too warm

[crazylady]

Hi i need some help the heat wave has hit me im in north east England im tank is getting hot i have removed the lid got a fan on the top of the tank an a wet towel around the tank an the tank is on the floor too my curtain shut an windows fully open im also using a cold stone stone in fridge or a hour then placing this in the tank swapping every hour my local pet shop said this works better than a drinks bottle but the tank temp is 22c usually sits at 18c is there anything else i can do i am also getting a ceiling fan up today as at mo the only fan i have is on the tank my axie eat yesterday but was sick never usually does this so i put it down to tank been to hot any help will be great thank you

 

[Kaysie]

You're doing the best you can at the moment. 22c isn't terribly high, so as long as you can keep it from going over that, you should be fine.

If it does get too warm and you have trouble keeping the tank cool, you can put your axolotl(s) in the fridge for the duration of the heat wave.

 

[crazylady]

thank you i will keep up on the things im doing an hope the heat wave goes soon i she seems to be more settled than she was im going to leave her today an maybe try to feed her tomorrow night when its not as hot i will read up about putting axie in the fridge just in case

 

[Kaysie]

Here's an article on fridging.