Summer Time Heat...

[brewmaster15]

HI all,

All thru the winter we complain about the cold... how hard it is to keep our tanks warm, and our electric bills.....

I have to say, I like that time of year better..my tanks stay cooler, fish seem to spawn more., and my fish room isn't so humid I could plant a rainforest in it!

Whats everyones fishrooms like this time of year... How hot and humid, and how do deal with it. Anyone using air exchangers like the one Jehmco.com sells?

I get so much heat and humidity coming up from the basement that we get condensation on our upstairs windows,,, and if we don't close the basement door, Our upstairs will heat up in minutes... you can actually feel a wave of heat and humidity rush at you when you open the door!


WE have window airconditioners upstairs ...that definetly work Overtime.
-al

[DarkDiscus]

Al,

Probably all of the dehumidifiers you could cram in wouldn't do the job, but what about a really big exhaust fan to circulate the air and bring in fresh air?

Might help...

John

[fishfarm]

My fish are in a metal building behind my house, humidity 100% at all times, rains in there. Water temps stay in the upper 80's, fish love it, I try and do any work in there at night when it's cooler. It cost so much to heat in the winter, I love it as the electric bill drops by 80%. Ken

[Howie_W]

The warm weather lasts for a very short period of time around here. It's already time to start chopping and curing fire wood for the winter.

The only problem with the high temps are that it can take it's toll on some of your plants.

Howie

[paulmat]

All I know is that in summer most of my fish stop spawning, it's not the heat because it doesn't get that hot here along the coast in the summer,come fall though, they will go nuts ;)

Paul

[aloha_discus]

Aloha, I have a fan at one end of the basemaent pushing air out and on the opposite end one pulling air in. This works great for the summer months. I also have 2 dehumidifiers that help to keep the humidity dowm. During the winter all I use is the dehumidifiers. As a child I grew up in some of the most hottest places. Some were so close or right on the equator that there was nearly no air movement. Sad to say at my current age I can no longer tolerate heat for long periods of time.

Mahalo, Ike ;D

[GulfCoastDiscus]

It gets pretty hot here in Texas. My fishroom being inthe garage sometimes can get very hot. I leave the garage door open most of the time. Turn off all the heater and lights. It saves lots on electricity.

I'm the same as Ike, living in the tropics most of my life. I Like it. I'd rather be hot than cold. ;D

dan

[falcon]

My 120g is in my family room. I wanted to keep the tank at 82-83F but in the summer, the temperature will go up to 85-85.5. We have a central air in the house. I have also installed window film that was supposed block a lot of heat(not sure if it does). The tank is in front of the window that receives around 10 hours of sun. We have vertical blinds in there that are closed all the time. I have also added reflective insullation to the back of the tank. I don't think any of these helped much. I figure that maybe it lowered the temperature by 1-2F.

The funny thing is that my heaters are set at 82F now and they still come on even when the water registers 85F. Something must be wrong there. I re-checked the temp with two different thermometers and they register the same. Water circulation is pretty good in the tank.

falcon