How To Cool Down Your Aquarium & Leave Them While You Go On Vacation!

[@MJAquascaping]

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[@hendrywiranto2539]

in Indonesia, 30 degrees celcius is definitely chilly I use cooling fan to cool the water a little bit from around 29-30 to 26-27.5

[@DEPHi3]

I bought Arduino and implemented a little Blynk APP. Now I can see the air/water temperatures, water level, light level, daily light summary, water flow through filter and leakage alarms on my phone with notifications when the temperature is too high, filter flow is too low, or some water leakage is detected. I would also like to add pH sensor, but that is a bit too expensive. I highly recommend something like this, because then you immediately know that something bad happened and you need to start calling your friends :)

[@jeevandewee]

Nice one Mark. To reduce heat I remove the top cover, add air pump to increase surface agitation and an oxidator to increase O2 level in my tank at the attic (gets pretty warm in the summer)> I'm also preparing to move this tank to my other tanks in the garage where the temp is 5deg lower :D

[@MJAquascaping]

Nice one! Yeah those oxidators are interesting, do you think they make a big difference in oxygen levels?

[@jeevandewee]

@@MJAquascaping Yes if you choose the right size, H2O2 concetration and number of catalyst stones. They are big though for larger aquariums and not easy to hide. I only use them in warm periods.

[@shubhamdandekar20]

Very helpful. Thanks for this video.

[@Nerd1979]

Bedankt voor alle video’s! Iets meer als een maand geleden begonnen met deze hobby en een hoop geleerd van de video’s en zit er nu helemaal in. Kijk uit naar de upcoming vids 🤝

[@mahergomez429]

Glad we have a climate the same for whole year round... Warm and very warm... Or rain and very rain....

[@joeanthony7933]

Great segment, I'm lucky that I have someone at my house who takes care of my tanks. I did learn a few things about water levels and oxygen levels, also that the fish could go a week without eating. Thanks for all the great information. 👍

[@MJAquascaping]

Very welcome!

[@karlo134652]

May I know what is that shelve that you're using on those micro tanks?

[@clipsbynoah5029]

Thank you allot for this video I was stressing out I have 2 aquariums and didn’t know what to do thanks allot

[@MJAquascaping]

You’re welcome 😊

[@DavidBono]

Thanks for sharing. Its been in the 90s here (F) the last month!

[@MJAquascaping]

Your welcome! Ouch.. that's pretty hot... All your scapes doing okay? I know you have a few gems over there!

[@DavidBono]

@@MJAquascaping yeah we have central air so it doesn't get much hotter then 25C inside.

[@MrDoldora]

I used a pc fan in the past, with an electronic temperature module. DIY solution, that worked. Yet i found that since i`m running AC in that room, the fan wasn`t required. The evaporation was high, I had to top off my aquarium 5 liters every 3 days. As i mentioned, not using that solution anymore. I need to figure out a way to program my AC while i`m gone, plus perhaps purchase an ATO (auto top off). Then i`m good. I like that you mentioned the surveilance camera, indeed that helps. For fish food, i have 2 auto feeders, different models. I choose a german brand, that works best. All good there. Last year I asked a neigbour to top off and fertilize every 3 days. He did top off, but... he said he was afraid to fertilize, and he didn`t. For 2 weeks. I came back home to a messy planted aquarium. :))))))))))

[@MJAquascaping]

5 liters every 3 days! Crazy! Yeah ATO is nice as well!

[@MrDoldora]

@@MJAquascaping a friend of mine built an ATO, only to come back and find that all the water was used and the pump was running on empty😂 Luckily i have a 45l barrel that i can use.

[@nordicscaper]

For the Holliday's I put a Söchting Oxidator in the tank for extra oxigen. Works perfect 😇🙏 also if you have a bio CO2 system that you can't turn of during the night . I always leave it in and Co2 levels are perfect and plant growt is amazing . Great video keep up the good work 💪🏻

[@nirjharpan5639]

very informative video in a short duration of time and touching all aspects .thank you .

[@MARWAN05511]

30c considered cold day where i live , hits 48-50 in summer however i do the bottle trick to reduce Temp and a fan above tank with no lid on .. great vid and nice set of tanks ..

[@MJAquascaping]

Thanks for sharing

[@asifali007]

very use ful tips.. just for info.. can we freeze dechlorinated or distilled water and use that ice as water top up + aquarium chiller?

[@spy8464BB]

As usual great video. Love the music, very tasteful.

[@MJAquascaping]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Aquagold.goldysingh1313]

Wow ❤️❤️this is ultimate video 🤩🤩. You are the best ❤️. Summer always make problems. You explain so perfectly all tips. I recently buy cooling fans . Reduce lighting is my top top . Thank for amazing video ..goldy singh 🙏❤️

[@MJAquascaping]

Thank you so much 😀

[@sandeepsharma82100]

Very nice and informative short video, thanks Mark. I have been thinking about the fertilizer part especially, we discussed the intaqo controller which can automate fertilzing and CO2. I'm looking forward to your coverage and review of that, before I buy anything on this front.

[@greenslovaktherapy]

Great video and tips buddy! 😌

[@MJAquascaping]

Thanks! 👍

[@BeeKayCee911]

Thanks Alot 🌿🐠🌾🐟🌿

[@morgan3983]

Thank you so much! My guppies got ich from temperature fluctuations and I had no idea what to do about the heat.

[@MJAquascaping]

Glad I could help!

[@kr90.k]

Hi, i am planning 3 weeks journey. I have a planted tank, if i use auto ro water and auto felt. any problem?

[@gregharris3488]

Great tips as usual.

[@MJAquascaping]

Glad you think so!

[@manfredschmidt7986]

Great, but you forgot the Auto refill options 💦

[@AmpsNL]

I removed the cover and increased the surface flow to promote evaporation. The temperature went down by 1.5 degrees Celsius or so.

[@elfahr6262]

Tell me about your big light please...😊

[@dlioncoulthurst778]

Good Stuff Bro....Hoorah!!

[@pwaquatics3290]

What about winter? How cold is to cold? Thanks

[@youtubeviewer9523]

Great video, although here in the southern hemisphere, we are just getting in to winter :(

[@MJAquascaping]

Lucky you 😁

[@youtubeviewer9523]

@@MJAquascaping haha thanks man, although it only drops to about 22 degrees celcius lol

[@MJAquascaping]

😂

[@youtubeviewer9523]

@@MJAquascaping 😂😂

[@fecritahasen7167]

Great informative video as i've myself been worried about this. I have a question regarding your setup at 1:05-1:10. I am guessing you are using some kind of water pump to refill your tank there. Would you mind sharing what exactly you are using?

[@MJAquascaping]

Yep exactly! I use this pump amzn.to/3d6pZCq attached to a garden hose. I'll either place the pump in the sink or in a bucket and just fill the tank with tapwater. Simple but effective

[@siapa8904]

As for me usually before leaving : adding auto feeder, set timer for CO2 and Lighting for 4 hours a day without changing light intensity, not adding fertilizer at all before going. Set your lily pipe out as low as possible because water level will decrease dramatically so at least when that happened the lily out still below water level not spraying water every where, and... hope for the best.

[@MJAquascaping]

Thanks for sharing

[@rjanapriya]

Hi MJ, what is the name of the long hairgrass like plant in the background in that large tank? 2:34

[@MJAquascaping]

Hey Ruwan! That is Eleocharis Vivipara

[@rjanapriya]

@@MJAquascaping thanks a lot 👍

[@filiplaskovski9993]

Anyone know any good brand timers that I can use for my lightings ??

[@deathwaill]

Oh yes! Didn't expect this to be so quick. Really helpful tips, i personally reach lowest by 24c with fan + AC at night. Tried ice bottle in a 45p before, and it was too cold my tetras got ich, maybe better in a bigger tank. Is there a big difference in temperature when u switch ur lights on early in the morning vs in the afternoon?

[@MJAquascaping]

24c is not bad at all! I haven't tried the early photo period yet, but definitely planning to when it gets really hot. I'm sure it will make a difference.

[@benattokaran]

Hi Mark, are u using wrgb 2. If yes can u tell me ur settings u are using the lights. (height lightfrom tank, height of tank, the rgb mix, photo period, etc)

[@MJAquascaping]

Hey Ben! I'm using the WRGB2 45cm on a 70 liter tank. The light sits 10cm from the watersurface, all colors on 100% and photoperiod is 8 hours in total with 30 minutes ramp up and down.

[@benattokaran]

@@MJAquascaping I am assuming urs is on a 60p tank or something similar. My wrgb is about 13cm above the height of water and 30cm high tank on 75% and I keep seeing some horizontal growth. Is this normal. Do I cut these off?

[@MJAquascaping]

Yeah a 50cm long tank with 36cm height. Where do you see horizontal growth? With stem plants? if so then yeah just trim them, after a little while they will continue to grow vertically

[@benattokaran]

@@MJAquascaping mainly in the rotala green and rotala Ceylon..... It was a few stems

[@MJAquascaping]

@@benattokaran Yeah that’s quite normal in the beginning!

[@andrea9512]

Sehr informativ 😊

[@almahi316]

What do you feed your Ember tetras? Great colour

[@MJAquascaping]

This was a shot from the Ember tetras at Aquariumdesignshop I was feeding them the new food from Oase it is called ORGANIX.

[@jonlamica9216]

hey mj, i'm about to do my first soil scape and was wondering if you thought having a thin layer of the powder soils is necessary for the carpeting plants or not. id rather not spend another 30 plus dollars on something i'm only going to use a little of if i don't have to

[@MJAquascaping]

Nah totally unnecessary. I have never used powder soil, and I've grown pretty much every carpet plant without a problem.

[@jonlamica9216]

@@MJAquascaping thanks so much man, im new to the hobby and my first scape was with flourite. not sure if its supposed to be super hard to grow rooted plants in it or not but i havent had much lcuk

[@MJAquascaping]

@@jonlamica9216 I don’t have any experience with flourite, but it’s different than soil right? I’d just go with tropica, ADA or Aquario soil

[@jonlamica9216]

@@MJAquascaping yeah its more like a sharper gravel, it looks really cool but it doesnt grow rooted plants as well, at least its really hard to plant them without snapping the stems and what not

[@nickh9294]

Hier is de afdekking van mijn grote aquarium er alweer af inderdaad 😂 De kleintjes zijn allebei rimless dus open. Verder inderdaad waterwissel met iets kouder water (22-23°C), goed het huis luchten in de ochtend en avond en dat was het dan wel. Als we op vakantie gaan dan komt er een grässlin voederautomaat op de grote bak, ook check ik dan nog even alles, verse fles co2 erop en zorgen voor schone filters. De kleine aquaria worden door mijn ouders gevoerd en die zorgen ook voor bijvullen en plantenvoeding in alle aquaria. We gaan eigenlijk nooit langer dan 14 dagen weg. Wanneer we weer thuis komen heb ik meestal een dikke jungle en heb ik meteen weer wat te doen 😉 Groetjes Nick

[@MJAquascaping]

Goed geregeld allemaal Nick!

[@ol8719]

Hey, always a pleasure watching you videos! As you currently have started to prepare a bigger scape tank I'm wondering how you manage the water exchange. It's more then just one bucket and handling isn't that easy in an apartment, right? So, would you like to share how you're managing this and if you use pure tap water out of the tap directly or do you store it for a while or do you even use osmosis water etc. Looking forward to your feedback! :-)

[@MJAquascaping]

Hey Oliver! The water change in the big shallow is really easy! I drain the water with a long hose directly into the toilet. And for refilling I use the same hose connected to a submersible pump that i place in my kitchen sink. So yeah just tap water!

[@ol8719]

@@MJAquascaping I thought so..., some aquarists are concerning that due to different pressure in the water delivery system the gas composition is quite different and this may have negative impact on bio system. But well, good to hear that I don't have to be too much worried about it. Maybe, you next clip is about a changing water how-to. Sounds easy, but I think for many it's a topic, especially, if housemates are not aquarists ;-)

[@yanjijay6752]

Also how do you heat up a ton of tanks without a ton of heaters & to heat them up bcuz I'm in the basement & it gets cold.

[@MrVili83]

Bonjour mark merci pour les traduction en français ses cool. Après pour les températures j'ai une climatisation intérieur donc pas de souci pour les grosses chaleur. Et pour la nourriture des poissons, pour ses simples je ne nourris jamais mes poissons. Car je part du principe que dans la nature personne ne l'ai nourris et j'ai aucune perte. Mais je précise que mes bacs on surtout des mangeurs d'algues et des crevettes. Voilà pour t'informer comment je procédé. Mais par contre ta vidéo et encore plus intéressante car personne ne parle des vacances. Merci à toi.

[@MJAquascaping]

En effet! Dans la nature, les poissons peuvent parfois ne pas trouver de nourriture pendant des jours. Donc une semaine sans nourriture c'est bien

[@chrisi8397]

New subscriber

[@MJAquascaping]

Welcome!!

[@chrisi8397]

@@MJAquascaping Thank you I’m trying to learn a lot from you. You inspired me to do a planted tank I am thinking about doing my 135 planted with CO2 Fluval substrate then on top of that black sand with some large Anubis plants, Java Fern and some smaller grass plants and can’t forget the pathos on top

[@chrisi8397]

What is your thoughts?

[@amarabidali5316]

i know its more of an assumption rather than a suggestion but: keep those curtains closed

[@yanjijay6752]

30 degrees it's cold it's 95 degrees here & he coldest is negative 10 in the winter

[@MJAquascaping]

30 degrees Celsius buddy 😁 so that is 86 degrees (F)

[@krzysztofkasprzak2043]

😀👌👍

[@submergedSerenity]

30 Degree is winter LOL XD

[@MJAquascaping]

😂

[@jeancharlesprunier2442]

👍❤️👋🇫🇷

[@nestknowledge5552]

the only problem is oxygen

[@billlooker2689]

I don't know why I can't do a x200 like...turtle my nick name