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Unread 01/02/2018, 07:54 PM   #1
mrsixstrings12
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Having trouble keeping my tank warm with this weather

Hey everybody. I just came back from a week long vacation to happily see that my few tank inhabitants survived without my help. While I was away, the ambient temperature outside PLUMMETED (like most of the states it seems) and I noticed my tank is down to 76F. I have a basement sump but my plumbing runs across the ceiling of my unheated, unfinished garage. Before I left, I wrapped my smaller return pipes in foam insulation and my big pipe, form my pump, in that metallic bubble wrap type insulation. I have also upgraded both of my heaters to the next size up. The only other things I can think of doing is wrapping the few unions and elbows in the garage with insulation and re-installing my old heaters along with the new ones for the time being, until it warms up.

Anyone have any other ideas or tricks to beat this cold spell???

P.S. My only tank inhabitants are 2 oscellaris clowns, an aster snail, 1 blue legged hermit, and a nassarius snail. They all seem fine even with the slight drop in temperature.


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