aquarium chillers
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:25 am
Hi, I just lost my two dojo loaches. They were about 12 years old. I'm heartbroken over this. It was my fault they died. Can you help me? We have been having a terrible hot spell this summer. I try to change the water in my cold water aquarium every week. It's a 40 gallon tank. I don't fill it completely so I can add cold water to it in the middle of the week. I also throw ice cubes in the water when it is terribly hot. Problem is, the tank is in my computer room which is not air conditioned. I just have a fan in it. I don't use the lights when it is really hot.
My tank got a leak in it. I emptied it out but I put my fish in a 30 gallon tank on the back porch while I cleaned and fixed the leak in my new tank. My porch is enclosed and unheated and full of sun. I completely covered all but one side of the tank with paper shopping bags. The side I could see into was not facing the sun. Anyway, one loach died a couple of days ago.
The silicone was dry and I put water in my tank the day before yesterday to see if it would leak. Yesterday I planned on putting my fish back in the 40 gallon tank. I couldn't find my remaining loach until I looked in the kitty litter pan on the floor next to the tank. It appears he jumped out. My cats were inside the house until I got home so they couldn't have gone fishing for him.
When I was at the pet store the man there told me about aquarium chillers. I new pet stores had them but I didn't know they were available for individual aquariums. I looked online and found some. Most are way more than I can afford, I'm on Social Security but I saw a few that I might be able to buy that cost around $100.
Can anyone recommend a chiller? Do any of you use them? I have my tank filled to about 5 inches from the top. I just bought 3 baby golden loaches. How high can they jump. I didn't know they jumped at all. I've got my big tank with big fish covered because I have seen them jump and bang their heads but at least they weren't cat food.
My tank got a leak in it. I emptied it out but I put my fish in a 30 gallon tank on the back porch while I cleaned and fixed the leak in my new tank. My porch is enclosed and unheated and full of sun. I completely covered all but one side of the tank with paper shopping bags. The side I could see into was not facing the sun. Anyway, one loach died a couple of days ago.
The silicone was dry and I put water in my tank the day before yesterday to see if it would leak. Yesterday I planned on putting my fish back in the 40 gallon tank. I couldn't find my remaining loach until I looked in the kitty litter pan on the floor next to the tank. It appears he jumped out. My cats were inside the house until I got home so they couldn't have gone fishing for him.
When I was at the pet store the man there told me about aquarium chillers. I new pet stores had them but I didn't know they were available for individual aquariums. I looked online and found some. Most are way more than I can afford, I'm on Social Security but I saw a few that I might be able to buy that cost around $100.
Can anyone recommend a chiller? Do any of you use them? I have my tank filled to about 5 inches from the top. I just bought 3 baby golden loaches. How high can they jump. I didn't know they jumped at all. I've got my big tank with big fish covered because I have seen them jump and bang their heads but at least they weren't cat food.