Need help keeping a garage aquarium temperature regulated!

[algarciajr]

I'm not sure where to look for garage door insulation panels. Suggestions?

2'x8'x2" thick foam that I have seen at Lowes or Home Depot, cut to fit inside each individual section on the aluminum garage doors.

[fshfrk]

make a giant version of the algea scrubber but with no lights. a swamp cooler with a fan. a shop fan blowing across the water will drop the temperature.

[bethesdaboy]

If your garage is insulated all you need is some fans and managed air flow (ceiling vent and/or side door).

Water will get to about 85 during the summer. I don't keep the garage door cracked during the summer, it is shut until I get up in the AM and then I open it full until I head off for work.

[Somefishguy]

Free fridge

http://houston.craigslist.org/zip/1237985447.html

[newb]

sweet...nice find!

[jeebus]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm going to go get some clamp on fans tonight, will be installing another powerhead, and will see about getting some of that foam to pad the garage door with.

Again, thanks everyone. Once again I'm learning the hard way.

[ssrprelude]

With 5 tanks in the garage, I have no choice but to leave the door open with a shop fan pulling cold air from the house. Tanks stay at 81-82 deg all day. I do leave the tops off and cut down on the lights. Hope this helps.

[jeebus]

What's your electric bill look like in the summers?

[ssrprelude]

It's not bad, a little cold air goes along way.

[gotticgs]

home depot has the already cut foam panels then if you live in a house you can tap into a ac junction box ,make sure you use a dapener and a/c your garage just turn of the a/c vent in your bathrooms or washrooms "places you don't normally stay in a house


garage door insulation products

https://www.energyefficientsolutions.com/Foam_Garage_Door_Insulation_Kit.html

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100666124

stuff needed to run a duct
duct

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100396936&N=10000003+90008+500209

dampener

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100396930&N=10000003+90008+501127

tie into box

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100396965&N=10000003+90008+500209

box&register

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100344153&N=10000003+90008+501779

http://www.handymanhowto.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/e-register-box-mounted.jpg

and a good article to read! how to

http://www.handymanhowto.com/2008/11/01/adding-a-room-air-duct-for-heating-cooling/

but you have to insulate that door otherwise it is pointless!

[FrontosaurusRex]

i dont know if this helps, but i have a shop fan you can use for a while if it'll help keep your fish alive. Not sure where you live but i can give it to my brother and he can take it to Dan's.

[FrontosaurusRex]

ps...i also have a fridge you can have too. Its in my garage taking up space. everything works on it, but we got a better one so we just stored the old one in the garage.

[mgarrido]

You have to insulate the garage door, walls and celling. The garage is the only part of the house with no insulation. If you are not happy your next choice is add an extra AC unit for the garage.

[gotticgs]

You have to insulate the garage door, walls and celling. The garage is the only part of the house with no insulation. If you are not happy your next choice is add an extra AC unit for the garage.

+1 forgot that most garage ceilings are not insulated

[jeebus]

Thanks for all the advice and donations everyone. For now I'm going to see if two fans I installed over the tank (read: two desk fans clipped to the center brace and aimed down), along with four two liter bottles currently freezing that I'm going to strategically drop in tomorrow will get the job done.

If not, I'll make a decision to either break the tank down or take it another step in my attempts to cool it. This was supposed to be a throw-down tank so I don't want to invest too much into it, as I do have room for the all the guys in the garage already in the house.

Thanks for all the replies though!