HAWKS12thMAN
NWKRC THUG!
I live in the great northwest, aside from all the rain the weather is pretty reasonable here. Its only spring and my house never gets over 82 deg until late July or early August. This is the first summer my tank will go through inhabited. Last summer it was cycling until fall.
My girlfrend, daughter and myself all went on a week long vaction over memorial day weekend. The weather report looked cool and beautiful, so I had no worries(last time I trust the local news stations). My neighbors were kind enough to watch over my house and fish. All my lights are on timers so all they had to do was feed them once in a while. By all means this is not there fault its just a freak accident.
While we were gone the temperature spiked to over 90 deg. We were in a place were I couldnt get cell reception so I never checked in with my neighbors. Guess who doesnt have an air conditioner......ME. We're not the richest people in the world and we didnt budget buying an AC until the middle of June.
Long story short...... When we got home we found our tank at 89.8 deg. Many soft corals and inverts dead..... but all the fish were fine, weird huh.
I am writing this for a reason. I found a quick way to combat heat until you can afford an AC or chillier. I froze a dozen water bottles without the label on them. I drop them in my tank (or if you have a sump) 3 at a time during the hottest part of the day. They melt in about half an hour. I repeat this procedure until I get the tank to a reasonable temp. I sounds crazy but really works if your in a pinch.
My girlfrend, daughter and myself all went on a week long vaction over memorial day weekend. The weather report looked cool and beautiful, so I had no worries(last time I trust the local news stations). My neighbors were kind enough to watch over my house and fish. All my lights are on timers so all they had to do was feed them once in a while. By all means this is not there fault its just a freak accident.
While we were gone the temperature spiked to over 90 deg. We were in a place were I couldnt get cell reception so I never checked in with my neighbors. Guess who doesnt have an air conditioner......ME. We're not the richest people in the world and we didnt budget buying an AC until the middle of June.
Long story short...... When we got home we found our tank at 89.8 deg. Many soft corals and inverts dead..... but all the fish were fine, weird huh.
I am writing this for a reason. I found a quick way to combat heat until you can afford an AC or chillier. I froze a dozen water bottles without the label on them. I drop them in my tank (or if you have a sump) 3 at a time during the hottest part of the day. They melt in about half an hour. I repeat this procedure until I get the tank to a reasonable temp. I sounds crazy but really works if your in a pinch.