[AquaticLife] Ice cubes for cooking aquariums!
Sorry for the horrible spelling mistakes.. my mind was busy with other stuff while writing that email!!
> From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of N Taweel > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:55 PM > To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Ice cubes for cooking aquariums! > > What you wrote about babyfish was touching Sam. > I wish if a well planted tank could save guppy fry, but it can’t. It’s a > 20G community tank, with the hungriest and greediest Angelfish I have ever > seen! It’s a pair of white Angels but they’re capable of hunting every > single baby guppy. > That’s why I let the moms give birth in a plastic hatchery, then remove the > babies to a 2G tank, with one old-fasioned filter with air pump. They seem > to grow pretty fast there, then I move them back to the big tank. > But I’m just hoping that ice cubes can help those babies in their mini-tank > survive through the hotest days. > > All the best > Noura > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Sam Palermo” > To: > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 3:17 AM > Subject: Re: [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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ———————————— > > > > Please, DELETE this line and EVERYTHING below it when replying, Thank You. > > ·´¯`·.¸¸.>.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸> ¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..> > > PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT important to > the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the SUBJECT > LINE -> i.e. “new subject (was re: old subject)” > > We Thank You in Advance for Your HELP in this matter.Yahoo! 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