Mark Quigley

Hello. I have some fans installed in the hood of my aquarium since I'm too cheap/poor to shell out for a heater. Does anyone know where I might buy a thermostat that measures the temperature of the water and then turns on? I'm not really concerned with the air temperature above the tank, but rather than have the somewhat noisy fans running all the time or on a timer, I'd rather have them kick in when the water temperature reaches a certain level. Thanks! Mark

Thanks for the information. I checked the temperature of my tank and it was reaching 87 at the end of the days when the weather was on the warm side last week. That is a bit toasty, I suppose, especially since the temperatures were only getting down to about 84-85 overnight. I've got a couple small computer fans blowing on the sump and the temperature is now 79-81 for the past two days. The elegance is opening up a bit more, and some fuzzy mushrooms have expanded more than they have in the past. I'm buying a bigger fan tomorrow at Radio Shack and that should knock the temperature down a 1-2 degrees more, hopefully with good results. I won't say I'm out of the woods yet by any means, but unquestionably this has been a step in the right direction. Mark