Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] Use the process of EVAPORATION

LOL ok, I just got such a chuckle out of this that I just couldn't help but
reply. If putting cool towels on an aquarium with water in it even in the
90's is NOT going to shatter the glass! LOL. If that were the case then
everyone who warms up their car in freezing weather would be at risk of
shattering their windows. Anyone who heats their house in the winter would
have their windows shatter. Anyone drilling an aquarium and sprays cool
water onto the bit would instantly shatter the tank. All the temperature
differences in those things is much greater than that of a cool towel, even a
cold towel and the temperature of the glass on an aquarium.

To shatter glass with cold water you would need ridiculous extremes and
sudden shock. To claim otherwise is just silly.

In a message dated 2/5/2011 9:09:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
dawnshungryeyes4u2c@yahoo.com writes:

Two problems I see with this method... first, this would be an almost
constant process because the towels are going to dry out quickly in the kind of
weather described as the issue... and 2nd, if the cold water on the towels
is too cold, water inside the tank is too warm, there is a big risk of
cracking glass. If the temp only needed to come down a degree or 2 maybe this
could work well for someone who has the time to maintain wetting the
towels... but for more than that, this would be a very impractical and
potentially hazardous method.

Dawn

Dawn Moneyhan
Aquatics Specialist/Nutritionist
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--- On Sat, 2/5/11, Robert Mace <_agentid44@sbcglobal.net_
(mailto:agentid44@sbcglobal.net) > wrote:

From: Robert Mace <_agentid44@sbcglobal.net_
(mailto:agentid44@sbcglobal.net) >
Subject: [tropical fish club] Use the process of EVAPORATION
To: _tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com_
(mailto:tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com)
Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 6:09 PM

Hello to all...Just thought i would add my 2 cents worth on the "keeping

the tank cool" issue .

I have used this method a time or two when our electricity has gone out

in the summer time due to it being really hot...they said the

transformers burned out in several spots within the city, and it took

them the best part of a whole day to restore the cities service.

Anyway here is what i did i took a bath towel ( to cover the top of the

tank) and a beach towel (to cover the sides or ends as well as the front

of the tank) and wet them fully in cool or cold water...then ring them

out so they are not dripping all over the floor...

Then i would wrap the front and sides with the big wet beach towel ,and

lay the bath towel over the top of the tank...and clip clothes pins on

to them to hold them in place . then by using the process of

evaporation it lowers the tanks temp enough to make it safe for the fish.

When the towels start to dry out take them down and repeat the process

all over again.

I hope this may be of some help to you.

Robert Mace

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