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    Keeping Tropheus Tanks cool

    OK so I come back home and the garage thermometer is showing 102 F!!!! so I panic and started the WC slowly, the T's were on fire! very active like I never seen them before; I guess the high temp got them going!
    I just finished installing the chiller and adjusted the them to 77~78 so tonight they will sleep very well I hope! I also did not feed them just to make sure nothing goes bad and added epson salt just in case.
    My wife thinks I am obsessed with my Tropheus I wonder why ?
    Cheers,
    Navarro
    Last edited by geoff_tropheus; 07-29-2009, 01:21 PM. Reason: Search Engine Hit
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    I would be watchful of them over the next few days. Lots of times, I have seen where the eye will get cloudy when the temperature gets high, and then drops down colder.

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    • #3
      102 F!!!!

      wow that's high. They are going to love you for that chiller.

      The tank in my house sits at 84 degrees. I put a fan over the wet/dry and plug it in with the light timer. Cools it down a good amount. Most the time the tank is sitting at 81 now.

      Maybe you might want to install and fan so the chiller doesn't have to run all day.
      I ate my fish that died.

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      • #4
        I'm jealous. What kind of chiller did you get? Drop in probe or in-line?
        Last edited by jeebus; 06-24-2009, 10:18 PM.
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        • #5
          The garage was at 102 not the water the water was only 88 pretty high no
          matter what. The chiller is a Hamilton in line with a digital thermostat built in.
          The fish are fine and I made sure the temp didn't drop that quick regardless I will keep an eye on the fish
          The good thing about us plant people is that we keep erythromycyne.
          Cheers,
          Luis

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          • #6
            Originally posted by jeebus View Post
            I'm jealous. What kind of chiller did you get? Drop in probe or in-line?
            Luis has nothing but the good stuff.
            I ate my fish that died.

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            • #7
              Hell yeah he does!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Navarro View Post
                The garage was at 102 not the water the water was only 88 pretty high no
                matter what. The chiller is a Hamilton in line with a digital thermostat built in.
                The fish are fine and I made sure the temp didn't drop that quick regardless I will keep an eye on the fish
                The good thing about us plant people is that we keep erythromycyne.
                Cheers,
                Luis

                Yea, 102 would have been fish soup....
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