help hot weather and axolotl

[shelties]

Hi there,

Yet again I am typing for advice ( being relatively new to axy ownership) as the hot weather is keeping the tank temperature around 22 degrees celcius and the highest it has gone is 23. I have read temperatures this high for axys can cause fungus. I am putting ice on the top of the water in a container and using ice packs behind the tank but this only brought the temperature down to 21.9 and overnight it stayed constant at 22.4. Do I need to put her in a container with tank water in the fridge while it is so hot or should I not worry about these temperatures? Any help would be much appreciated from axy owners. Thanks.

[Zayne]

a fridge is usually kept at around 3 degrees i think that might be too cold

[blueether]

Point a desk fan to the surface of the water, will help a lot as the evaporation will cool the water.

This is what I use on my 400 lt coldwater tank and yesterday was the first that it came up over 23 for a while. It hit 23deg yesterday even though yesterday was cooler than it has been as the humidity was at over 80% so very little available cooling.

[JarrenB]

I've found airstones help, but not too many as they don't like a lot of water movement.

A bigger tank will also help... A great reason to upgrade! :happy2:

[shelties]

Thanks for the replies. I am planning to upgrade to a three foot tank later on when I get a second axy. First I want to make sure I get everything right with the first one before I get a second axy and upgrade to the three foot tank.