Houston, we have a problem

[Lavey29]

So it's like 110 in California and my AC took a vacation a few hours ago. House is heating up fast and tank temp has started to creep up. I know I can't get an AC repair done tonight so will probably end up having to float ice bags for the tank while I drink 40 beers to try and calm my anger. Do you guys think I should just try and cool the return pump chamber so cool water flows in or try and just put bags in the DT? I'm a little nervous if these zip lock bags leak any melted ice water. Perhaps using the gel cold packs is a better option?

 

[dstockwell]

Well a gel could leak, do you have a foodsaver.

 

[Lavey29]

Well a gel could leak, do you have a foodsaver.

I thought of putting gel pack in ziplock bag? No food saver.

 

[btackerman]

I would do the sump and I do not know if you have ro on hand to freeze. I am in Florida and had to do the same thing. Gallon size ziplocks with ro water so if a leak happened it would just be ro. Also be sure they stay upright in the tank so the bag does not open

 

[Lavey29]

I would do the sump and I do not know if you have ro on hand to freeze. I am in Florida and had to do the same thing. Gallon size ziplocks with ro water so if a leak happened it would just be ro. Also be sure they stay upright in the tank so the bag does not open

Ok good idea, yes plenty ro

 

[ggNoRe]

Fans across the top of the water column will be your best bet

 

[xCry0x]

Turn lights off, aim a fan at the water surface.

Floating ice is what I'd do in a power outage.

With power, a fan does a lot via evaporative cooling.

Just be prepared with a lot of top off water!

 

[ZoWhat]

Here's a waaaay out there, thinking outside the box, question: what's the temp of your tank water?

 

[Lavey29]

How close you guys think the water temp will mirror the air temp in the house?

 

[Sump Crab]

The fan advice is sound. I’m in FL and deal with hurricane outtages that last several days. A good fan blowing across your tank can drop the temp 2 degrees if I remember correctly.

 

[Lavey29]

Here's a waaaay out there, thinking outside the box, question: what's the temp of your tank water?

77.4 which is up .4 now over normal

 

[DHill6]

Also went through the same thing before. Frozen water bottles, swap them out as needed and fans.

 

[xCry0x]

How close you guys think the water temp will mirror the air temp in the house?

Depends on so many factors.

I have a 65g open top tank with a led + t5 hybrid 8" off the water.

My office is 74* and my tank regularly goes up to 81 ish. The heater is set to 78.

Lights and pumps add a lot of ambient temperature.

 

[Lavey29]

Ok fan blowing on top and second fan circulating room air

 

[Lavey29]

Up to 77.7 now

 

[DHill6]

How close you guys think the water temp will mirror the air temp in the house

Hopefully the AC repair people show up tomorrow.

 

[DHill6]

Up to 77.7 now

It doesn’t take long to heat up. Go with the frozen bottles and keep up with them. Trader Joe’s sells frozen bottles in the freezer case 15 cents.

 

[DHill6]

Keep fans running.

 

[dstockwell]

Maybe you know some one to loan a portable unit.

 

[Bigred321]

I would just do air bubblers in the tank to keep the flow going and to add oxygen and maybe a frozen pack inside a ziplock bag to the dt..