How to lower temperature in an aquarium

How to lower temperature in an aquarium

In the summer, in the hottest weather the air temperature in the apartment without conditioner reaches 30, and even 35 degrees. It is necessary to understand that fishes are cool beings therefore high temperature of water can be pernicious for them. In too warm water the organism of a small fish works very hard. And the few inhabitants of our aquariums can survive in such conditions. There are several ways of cooling of water.

It is required to you

  • - cooler (fan);
  • - bottles with ice;
  • - tape;
  • - aquarian fridge.

Instruction

1. The easiest way to cool water is its substitution. You will need to drain a part of water from an aquarium. Then to fill in fresh and cool. The main thing that water was the corresponding quality. Be attentive, do not overdo with cooling. Track fluctuations of temperatures, otherwise it is possible to overdo. Pluses of this method - speed and simplicity. But there are also minuses. This way is relevant only for small and average aquariums.

2. Try one more widespread way of cooling of water. It is used by professional aquarians. You can build in one or several coolers (fans) in an aquarium cover or to buy the ready device. It is not difficult to establish them at all and to look it will be quite worthy. It is possible to use them temporarily. For example, fans on a clothespeg are very convenient. When blowing the process of evaporation amplifies. It also leads to reduction of temperature. There is no risk to overcool water in an aquarium since you can choose the power of the device and time of its work. Pluses - full control, high efficiency, and minus one - possible difficulties with installation and installation.

3. One more way - bottles with ice. Here everything is extremely simple. Pour water into a bottle and put in the fridge freezer. Then lower it in an aquarium. Select quantity and the sizes of bottles according to aquarium volume. Plus such method - ease performed by. Minus is that it looks not really esthetically.

4. And last way. Aquariumy fridge. It is an excellent thing, but it not all on a pocket. Still it is difficult for beginners in installation and is noisy. Plus is that the result will be 100%, but there are also minuses - complexity in installation, noisiness and high cost.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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