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Old 07-23-2006, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by rickjames
How do you cool down a tank colder then the air?
You can do that through evaporative cooling which is just having a fan blowing across the top of the water surface.

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/...SettingUp.html

"Through the proper use of fans (evaporative cooling), you can usually drop a tank's temperature by a good 5 degrees. Fans are great! "

http://www.coralplantations.com/pages/heatissues.htm

"The effect of evaporative cooling is greater than most people realize. A small desk fan mounted above a tank blowing across the water can drop the temperature by 3 degrees or so depending on the tank volume. "

http://www.vividaquariums.com/troubleshooting.asp

It is possible to cool an aquarium by 5 or 6 degrees using this method of ventilation and evaporative cooling.
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