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

I have seen that a few times but the temp difference was extreme. If the heater were set at 80 then the heatinng element would get to be a lot hotter than 80 and the glass tube would be close to the same as the heating element so when you put the heater back in the cooler 70 to 80 degree water there would be a great difference (the longer that you hold the heater out of the water the hotter it will get until the water/air is the same temp as the thermostat is set for.)

--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Dawn Moneyhan <dawnshungryeyes4u2c@...> wrote:
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> Obviously you've never seen what happens when you drop a glass heater into cold water when the heater is turned on and set to 80.
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> Try it sometime... just please don't do it in a tank with fish, no point in harming innocent animals.
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> --- On Sat, 2/5/11, justphish0911@... <justphish0911@...> wrote:
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> From: justphish0911@... <justphish0911@...>
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Use the process of EVAPORATION
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 8:43 PM
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> LOL ok, I just got such a chuckle out of this that I just couldn't help but
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> reply. If putting cool towels on an aquarium with water in it even in the
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> 90's is NOT going to shatter the glass! LOL. If that were the case then
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> everyone who warms up their car in freezing weather would be at risk of
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> water onto the bit would instantly shatter the tank. All the temperature
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> differences in those things is much greater than that of a cool towel, even a
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> To shatter glass with cold water you would need ridiculous extremes and
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> In a message dated 2/5/2011 9:09:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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> Two problems I see with this method... first, this would be an almost
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> constant process because the towels are going to dry out quickly in the kind of
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> weather described as the issue... and 2nd, if the cold water on the towels
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> is too cold, water inside the tank is too warm, there is a big risk of
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> cracking glass. If the temp only needed to come down a degree or 2 maybe this
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> --- On Sat, 2/5/11, Robert Mace <_agentid44@..._
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> From: Robert Mace <_agentid44@..._
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> Subject: [tropical fish club] Use the process of EVAPORATION
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> To: _tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com_
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> Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 6:09 PM
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> Hello to all...Just thought i would add my 2 cents worth on the "keeping
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> I have used this method a time or two when our electricity has gone out
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