Thread: fan

**kentoh** · 15th Apr 2010, 16:00

What type of fan is suitable for a 1.5ft tank with moss? Thank you.

**Fei Miao** · 15th Apr 2010, 19:08

Any fan that can bring temp. down to 26-28C. All easily available at LFS.
Gentle water-flow helps also

**bluebubbles** · 16th Apr 2010, 00:52

Wish there is a super cooler fan in the market to bring temp to 24C. Why isn't technology improve on this for aquarium tank. We have already heard there is aircon jacket and am sure someone, someday will come out a super cooler fan.

**stonespot** · 16th Apr 2010, 01:50

The evaporation will be fast if running with that temperature. I would rather think of getting liquid compressed air like nitrogen to cool the tank through some piping system.

**tawauboy** · 16th Apr 2010, 07:40

cooling an aquarium tank using fan is constrainted by physics. as cooling is achieved by evaporation, the amount of cooling is limited by relative humidity. if the surrounding humidity is high, there will be less evaporation. on top of that, the aquarium tank will absorb heat from the surroundings.

so you may want to try insulating your tank walls to reduce heat gain from the surroundings.

**kentoh** · 16th Apr 2010, 08:41

how do i go about the insulation?

**BFG** · 16th Apr 2010, 15:32

Styrofoam panel?

**Limy** · 16th Apr 2010, 21:43

The lighting affects the temp. too..

**tawauboy** · 17th Apr 2010, 19:31

most types of lighting emits ir which heats up the water.
you'll need to use led light if you do not want your lights to impact the water temperature.