hi,

i just back home and found that my heater tube in the tropical tank have problem, the light which indiacate the power is flashing while normally it will either on or off..my tube is elite..

and now the water temperture is around 20-21 c.....do anyone can have suggestion how can i keep the water temperture up until tomorrow i can replace the heater?

thx

if you dont have a heater you could borrow from another tank, how about putting hot water bottles around the tank?

Float a plastic drink bottle of hot water in the tank, leave the room heater on overnight, and put a blanket over it to keep the warmth in. You might need to change it a couple of times over the night.

20C isn't a crisis yet, but you dont want it going much lower, especially this weather

Cheers

Ian

can i just use house heater to blow toward the tank..

by the way, my tank is ar380.....will the heat from the house heater blown make the tank break?

You do realize that all that glass is in contact with a very large volume of water that does a very good job of absorbing any heat from the glass, right?

Try putting a paper cup on the fire, it won't burn except above the waterline.

i m not actually worry about it burn....just worry about it crack up.....like when u put cold water and warm water in a cup

It shouldn't break the tank, but you have no control over the temp.

Hate to wake up in the morning and find the tank over 30 deg

By putting a hot water bottle in it/beside it it will only raise the temp a couple of degrees. Much safer.

Cheers

Ian

Do you have an electric blanket...?

Drape it around it and set it on the lowest setting.

Insulate it against the tank with paper or a blanket if you are worried.

Bill.

ok......thx for the advise

pity I didnt see this earlier, you could have borrowed a heater from me

Im asleep by 10 :oops:

thx for that...

but my fish was ok this morning.....i put 7 bottle of hot water around my tank last night....and change the water bottle to hot water again at 3:00am.........this morning when i woke up.....still 25 c..now, going to get another tube