Fishkeeping During A Heatwave

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Re: Fishkeeping during a heatwave
« Reply #40 on: July 09, 2018, 09:43:58 AM »
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It has clouded over here too, so I'm taking the opportunity to do some water changes and using the water in the garden - the cucumbers are looking quite wrinkly at the moment.  :o

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Re: Fishkeeping during a heatwave
« Reply #41 on: July 09, 2018, 09:59:13 AM »
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I have just remembered a piece of advice I was given a few years ago. If you have floating plants in a tank, they can be harmed during hot weather as there is more water evaporation which condenses on the underside of the lid and drips onto these plants. In very hot weather, leave the tank lid open so the evaporating water escapes and doesn't kill the floating plants.



Of course I've only remembered this now it's gone cloudy  ::)

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Re: Fishkeeping during a heatwave
« Reply #42 on: July 09, 2018, 07:28:49 PM »
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Presumably it is now baking sun where you are? We had the clouds here too and I was convinced it was going to rain at one point... not any more! Blue sky's and not a cloud in sight again... I might have to top up the pond soon... it's lost a good couple of inches already.

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Re: Fishkeeping during a heatwave
« Reply #43 on: July 09, 2018, 09:02:08 PM »
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Had some very large, very dark clouds here on my drive to work. The radio was telling me we were on 47 consecutive days of sun and due for at least another week of it... I scoffed at the radio and gesticulated towards the clouds.

It hasn't rained at all today. The wind picked up, which was nice, and it's definitely felt a lot cooler, but it's been bone dry.

I've been doing a lot of water changes recently, so all my disposed water has gone on the grass/plants to save wasting it. On paper, changing 20-40 litres every day for a sounds a lot (I know that it's nothing compared to the tanks some of you have), but when you think it's 210 or so litres for the week and they say the average person uses about 70 litres per day on toilet flushing... well, we're nowhere near the worst offenders! To say nothing of all the rented properties (commercial and housing) where landlords don't fix leaks if they can help it, because it's extra cost...

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Re: Fishkeeping during a heatwave
« Reply #44 on: July 10, 2018, 11:05:40 AM »
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Cloudy, breezy, with a forecast top temperature of 20C.
Feeling of relief that I can spend a day functioning like a normal person around the house, rather than having all the curtains closed, windows open on the shaded side of the house, and hugging a freezer pack wrapped in a tea towel as if it was my favourite childhood teddy bear.
I can also spend some time in the garden without fear of heat stroke & sunburn, so I'm going to see which container plants can be rescued. I also plan to use tank water on plants during the day (rather than before 8am or after 9pm) without the worry of the water evaporating in under a nanosecond.
I think that you have a very valid point @Fishbeard we are not the worst offenders. We also have a responsibility to maintain our aquatic environments. I think that as long as we are mindful about our water usage, avoid peak periods where possible, limit the amount of water we waste, and reuse waste water where possible, then I think we're probably doing the best we can under the circumstances.

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Re: Fishkeeping during a heatwave
« Reply #45 on: July 10, 2018, 09:12:52 PM »
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Had about 20 seconds (honestly... if id have timed it that would be pretty accurate!) of light rain this morning... then the clouds vanished and it has been as hot as normal.

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