Ice cubes for cooking aquariums!
Noura: If you use the plastic bottle method for freezing water be sure not to fill the bottle all the way.Since water expands as it freezes and if you leave no room for expansion they may burst.
Regards Hank
> 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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