[AquaticLife] Ice cubes for cooking aquariums!
Hi Noura,
Well I am sure you have it worse than me except for gas- Petrol. The temps here in Chicago get up to 90 or maybe 100. That is at an extreme but in my basement it is always cooler below ground but I do have to fight with mid 80’s still. Yes, the Snapple plastic bottles are the same as Gatorade and probably Coke as well. It is better if the bottles are smooth so the ice can drift out of the container easier. Having about 6 of them in the refrigerator to cycle through seems to be the best. Power wise, I use UPS units on my tanks for short outages and then a generator gets hooked up for longer outages. My battery chargers and aquariums are the first to get hooked in. I value all fish’s lives and the small ones especially as like children they have the longest life ahead of them. If I can, I see that they survive. With some small plants at the bottom of the tank- plastic, they always seem to survive well. Even my pond outside is overpopulated. I will let everyone know the results of my experience with Ocean 300 model when I test it.
Best regards,
Sam Palermo, Chief Engineer Skywave Broadcast Engineering, Chicago (708)334-2260 Past Teac/Tascam Service Technician still doing repairs.
N Taweel wrote: > > I live in the HOT middle east, Sam. > I’m sorry, I didn’t get what you mean by “snapple plastic bottle”. are > they > soft plastic bottles? we have them here to buy coke. > The hint of filling them with fish water is great! but I was thinking if > it’s possible to use sealed bottles, would it do the same effect? > I never tried any of these methods before, except when I almost ‘boiled’ > guppy fry to death many years ago, because the heater’s thermo- was not > functioning well, I added ice cubes to save the few fries left. > > All the best > Noura > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Sam Palermo” > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:45 PM > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Ice cubes for cooking aquariums! > > > Hi Noura, > > > > It is hard to know what country I am dealing with by just > > E mail address. I have used Ice cubes as well on specially > > hot days but your frig will not keep up. Thus what I do is use > > the larger snapple plastic 32 Oz type bottle and allow those to > > freeze solid- several will be needed as it takes a number of > > hours to freeze solid. I cut off the tops and scrub all the > > labels off. Then when the container is in the tank for a few > > minutes the 80+ degree water allows the ICE to slip out of > > plastics and I use fish water to freeze again. What some have > > not said that is still important is that the temperature must > > not be changed very abruptly but should go slowly. The reason > > I bring this up is that a lot of little ICE cubes will melt > > faster and change temperature the same. Whereas a larger mass > > will take longer to melt and change the temp slower. The 32C > > is around 89 F.. to me 82 is high and I never let it get past that. > > Use this converter- > > http://www.themoneyalert.com/TemperatureConversionCalculator.html > > > > > Here is a complete table- > > http://www.albireo.ch/temperatureconverter/table.htm > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Sam Palermo, Chief Engineer > > Skywave Broadcast Engineering, Chicago > > (708)334-2260 > > Past Teac/Tascam Service Technician still doing repairs. > > > > > >
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