Alessa

Ok.. my air conditioner broke and my apartment teperatures are 80-91!!!!

my landlord will fix it... Monday

my tank temperatures are going 86 and up! I did a water change and my fishes are acting normal but i am still very concerned!

any ideas?

Shawnie

some frozen water bottles to float inside the tank or we use ice cubes..our fish love playing with them...

Lucy

Don't their lips stick to the ice cubes? Do fish even have lips?

Seriously tho, I hope your fishies are ok, great idea Shawnie.

sirdarksol

I'd suggest lights off until Monday, as well.
You can also blow a fan across the tops of the tanks. This will also bring the temp in the apartment down a bit as it takes energy to cause the water to evaporate. This also means topping the tanks off more frequently, though.

Alessa

doesnt matter... i just dont want them to cook!

aquariumnewbie

Imagine the fish's lips got stuck. How funny! hahahahahahhahaha. But no evil thoughts though.

Lucy

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make light of a serious situation with your fish.

I've never thought about the impact on my fish if the air conditioning went out.

Alessa

tottally fine tho. i was thinking about that hhahahaha.... imagine if they ever really got stuck!

mlinden84

Last year I put water in big ziplock bags and froze it (you might want to treat the water in the bags in case they leak) then float them once they freeze. Good luck! (and I hope you stay cool enough too!)

Alessa

thanks last night it was horrible! i almost couldn't sleep due to the heat! at least the fishes felt better with the bottles of frozen water. they were just looking at them like "what in the world is that?"

Allie

All you can do is add the ice and water changes as you've been doing
AND it's only June 7th, the hottest months are yet to come. Thank goodness where we live the temps don't stay hot too, too long. Our tanks, even the 120g stays at 80* in the summer. The saltwater set we had going last summer went up to 90...the lights are very hot in SW tank.