Coping With A Heatwave

There are 2 things you can try.

Open the lid or even  remove it. Arrange a fan so it blows across the water surface. This evaporates the water; water uses energy to evaporate and that energy comes from the heat of the water. It's the same principle as us sweating to cool us down.

Collect a few plastic pop bottles. Fill them almost full of water (leave a bit of space as water expands when it freezes), screw on the lids and freeze. Use them one at a time to float in the tank. When the ice has melted, put another one in the tank and refreeze the melted one.

Here's a list of some things you could try; No guarantees

• Try and keep the room itself as cool as possible.
• Keep the curtains closed during the hottest part of the day.
• Turn off any electrical gizmos you don't need.
• Opening the windows might feel good, but it doesn't necessarily lower the air temperature.
• Performing a water change can also lower the temperature if the water you add is colder than the tank water.
• Before freezing Sue's bottles, add salt to the water(The water in the bottle, not your tank)
• Don't use dark coloured curtains on your windows, especially on windows that get the sun
• Add a porch or an awning to any windows that aren't shaded.

And finally, use your common sense.

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Before freezing Sue's bottles, add salt to the water(The water in the bottle, not your tank)

ok you got my curiosity what does the salt do and how much to add and i am assuming you mean normal table salt ?

It lowers the freezing point of water - hence spreading it on the roads in winter. Either that or it's a conspiracy with the motor manufacturers to make my Transit rust faster!

Normal table salt (there is only one sort of salt.... NaCl ....... all these 'posh' salts are a rip-off for the gullible) but I wouldn't know how much. Just add 'some'.

Oh wow you thank you, doing it all now, lets hope I can keep the temp down