Cooling my tank

[Dave12678]

I am looking for a way to cool my tank. Would a little fan help cool the tank down? The only reason its hot is because of the season change and AC not on yet. Since I live in OH and the weather sucks I didn't want this to go on for weeks. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[mcclarsn]

cooling fans in your hood is a must....a fan blowing on your sump will help considerably....cooling through evap.

 

[andyjd]

Yup a fan blowing on the surface will help cool, but will evaporate more.

 

[Dave12678]

cool thanks guys

 

[five.five-six]

and this is just going to get worse.... Al gore told me that by the year 2015, your 20 nano will require a 1/3 hp chiller.....in winter! can I get carbon credits for growing macro algae or do I have to buy them?



oops, sorry evaperation works great, just remember you are going to have to top off a lot more... do it daily... it is not nice to change your SG by 10% all at onnce (about 10 gal in a 100 gal tank ~1 weeks evap with a big fan)

 

[danskim]

Haha...
I love Craig Ferguson's monologue about Al Gore eating the world...

 

[Nano Chris]

I have my ac in already! I have a fan in my canopy, and sump, maybe i should invest in a chiller (temp gets up past 83 but i have ac on and fans blowing to get it down to 80) nothing is wrong with the heaters they work fine.