Re: [RML] Too hot to handle in BrisVegas
Dave & Robyn Wilson (rwilson at octa4.net.au)
Sat, 30 Dec 2000 08:16:52 +0930
To cool a water body that runs marine water in the aquarium where I
work we run the water through an old drink chiller. It has a coil
of 13mm irrigation polyethylene in the chilled bath. The water is
pumped through the chiller with a rio 2500 small submersible pump.
The tank is a 1000 liter reln tub with corals and other marine
inverts. We have to slow the flow through the coil to keep the tub
from getting too cold. For other temporary chillers we put a big
bucket full of water in the freezer and coil up small diameter hose
in the bucket then pump the aquarium or pond water through the small
hose. It works well until the power goes off for a while then the
water freezes in the small hose.
Dave Wilson
Darwin where it is hotter than Brisbane.
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>I've been watching my tank temperature climb during the recent week of high
>temperatures in Brisbane (some relief in last few days with a rainy
>spell). Up to
>31C. How hot is too hot ? I guess it depends on the species. What temperature
>extremes do rainbows endure in the wild .... I would have thought
>species coming
>from New Guinea lakes would have some relief from a fair degree of thermal
>buffering capacity from the deeper water volumes.
>
>is there anything practically one can do about the heat besides the costly
>solutions of chillers or air-conditioning the room (save the spouse
>too !?). I've
>been eyeing off an old bar fridge you see ....