Heat + Xenia

[MonkeeFish]

Can Xenias stand high temperature? My tank was up in the mid 90's the other day. Today, they don't look so great and are retracting.

 

[supernareg]

yes... they're going to melt away, as mine have been doing and they're getting smaller and smaller... they'll grow back, they dont fully die.

 

[dznuts007]

Mid 90's??? Holy cow. Way too high!

 

[ScotchMaster]

Wow I thought my tank was hot at 84....

 

[bowfront26]

i noticed my "silver tip" xenia stops pumping when the tank reaches about 83

 

[garod82]

my tank hit 84 also, I have a fan going and don't have the money to buy a chiller. Any suggestions.

 

[dznuts007]

2 liter bottles of water in the freezer, then drop em in your sump...

 

[garod82]

Do I leave the cap on when I put it in?

 

[jefathome]

yes

 

[dznuts007]

Yes. Also, when you fill up the bottle, don't fill it up all the way, since the water expands as it freezes and you don't want it to break the bottle.

 

[garod82]

about 2/3's of the way?

 

[marcrothschild]

Change your light cycle to early AM or late PM

 

[ScotchMaster]

I have my RO/DI unit hooked up to my icemaker so I just throw some RO/DI cubes in my sump and it takes care of my top off and temp...

 

[garod82]

that's a good idea, too bad I don't have an RO/DI unit. I can still get R/O and put them in ice trays I guess.

 

[mnguyen878]

Changing light cycles can help alot. I changed mine to 5pm - 3am so I can enjoy my tank when i get home from work, and all through the night. Plus there's usually a nice breeze going through the house at night

 

[MonkeeFish]

i changed mine to 8pm - 2am. Im trying to monitor when the temperates goes into the 80's so i know when to put the fans on, on the timer. The mid 90's was a day when my fan wasn't working for some odd reason.