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I'm planning a new tank for my golden mantellas, and would like to incorporate a cooling device for them, as last summer I was using ice to keep their tank cool. even with the room ac on max the temp would climb to the low 80's easily. In Marc Staniszewski's excellent book on mantellas
he descibes a cooling technique using a peltier element for cooling a tank. I bought a 50 watt surplus unit and have played around with it, but in a ten gallon size tank it only dropped the temp 2-3 degrees. The tank I'm planning is a 70 gallon lizard lounge. Another idea I have is plumbing a ultrasonic humidifier into the tank, that way I would have air exchange without drying the tank out too much. I'll probably be using two 55w compact flourescents for light.
Any advice on cooling the tank would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian Sexton
he descibes a cooling technique using a peltier element for cooling a tank. I bought a 50 watt surplus unit and have played around with it, but in a ten gallon size tank it only dropped the temp 2-3 degrees. The tank I'm planning is a 70 gallon lizard lounge. Another idea I have is plumbing a ultrasonic humidifier into the tank, that way I would have air exchange without drying the tank out too much. I'll probably be using two 55w compact flourescents for light.
Any advice on cooling the tank would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian Sexton