I've used an old beer cooler, but i had to give up on it after some time, it had leaks all over that i could not solve.
So, i only collect species that i had success in the past, and do withstand with no cooling. I've learned by observing that the animals that come from small rockpools on low tide will be ok, here in the summer some of this rockpools can get very hot!
In extremely hot days i will put iced objects (don't know the name in english, the ones you use to keep food cold on the go) in the water to cool it down.
I would love to get some professional cooler, but they are very expensive.
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Hugo
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 5:50 PM, dickjones999 <dickjones999@...> wrote:
Hi Hugo,
How do you get on with the high temperatures in the summer in
Portugal? Do you cool your aquarium or do the inhabitants manage to
withstand them? Some of our British animals come from warmer waters
but some of them come from the north and are near their southern limits
especially in the summers that we get nowadays. Even tropical marine
tanks can get over heated. I am expirimenting with various cooling
methods but have not come up with a surefire solution yet.
Dick
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