water temp climbing Help please ?

[Gettie]

Have a Haygger heater with temp Controller, have disconnected heater temp dropping alittle? 90.9 now . Can I add Ice Cubs to water to cool down

 

[EricR]

Put ice in Zip-Loc bags and float them

 

[Gettie]

Put ice in Zip-Loc bags and float them

Ok Thanks alot

 

[Lemons]

Anyway you can double check that temp??? (Some kinda thermometer????)

A tank at 90f isnt gonna do too well... if its FOWLER you'd be okay but if you have corals. Id be ready for a die off

 

[doubleshot00]

Put ice in Zip-Loc bags and float them

This and use several bags.

 

[Intense37754]

Thinking same thing about double checking. Is this tank outside in 100+ or a heater stuck on? One of my titanium heater was accidentally plugged in all summer long with no control and temps would get to 84

 

[twentyleagues]

What the temp of the room? Can/do you cool the room at all? How big of a tank. Quick swings in a reef or fish only isnt good I'd add ice bags slowly.

 

[Gettie]

Anyway you can double check that temp??? (Some kinda thermometer????)

A tank at 90f isnt gonna do too well... if its FOWLER you'd be okay but if you have corals. Id be ready for a die off

new tank with live sand, but waiting to put in live rock after temp drops

 

[Gettie]

What the temp of the room? Can/do you cool the room at all? How big of a tank. Quick swings in a reef or fish only isnt good I'd add ice bags slowly.

40 gallon, and have added ice in bags temp has dropped to 88.6, has this killed my live sand ?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Have a Haygger heater with temp Controller, have disconnected heater temp dropping alittle? 90.9 now . Can I add Ice Cubs to water to cool down

this was a topic of discussion yesterday. Obtain zip lock bags. You can buy a 30 pack for under $5. Place them in the sump, and use a size that will fit fine and the idea is to rotate them. fill about 5 of them with water and place in freezer. Place one frozen one in sump, allow to melt and lower temp. When it melts, pull a new frozen one from freezer and place melted one back in freezer

 

[Troylee]

40 gallon, and have added ice in bags temp has dropped to 88.6, has this killed my live sand ?

Your sand was never live to begin with lol… it’s a gimmick.. they put a touch of bacteria and call it live.. you’ll be fine just let the temp drop… how exactly did it get so hot to begin with?

 

[Gettie]

Anyway you can double check that temp??? (Some kinda thermometer????)

A tank at 90f isnt gonna do too well... if its FOWLER you'd be okay but if you have corals. Id be ready for a die off

new tank just live sand, putting ice in bag to bring down temp, assumed live sand is dead.

 

[Gettie]

this was a topic of discussion yesterday. Obtain zip lock bags. You can buy a 30 pack for under $5. Place them in the sump, and use a size that will fit fine and the idea is to rotate them. fill about 5 of them with water and place in freezer. Place one frozen one in sump, allow to melt and lower temp. When it melts, pull a new frozen one from freezer and place melted one back in freezer

Thanks

 

[Lemons]

Oh good nothing truly alive in it yet hahaha if anything the heat helped your bacteria proliferate

 

[Gettie]

this was a topic of discussion yesterday. Obtain zip lock bags. You can buy a 30 pack for under $5. Place them in the sump, and use a size that will fit fine and the idea is to rotate them. fill about 5 of them with water and place in freezer. Place one frozen one in sump, allow to melt and lower temp. When it melts, pull a new frozen one from freezer and place melted one back in freezer

OK Thanks