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I've asked a similar question before but I'm getting kinda nervous now . . . my room gets really hot in the summer and my turtles tank water was 88 degrees F today. Is that waaaay too hot for my turtles? I don't have a heater and my tank is a 50 gal one filled almost to the top. What can I do to bring down the temp during these really hot days? Is this temp dangerous for my turtles? I don't want them to become soup!!! Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Marisa

i have the same questions about my water temps... although mine arent THAT hot, my dorm room is REALLY warm... especially now because they had it closed up all summer, so now it's just being open and trying to get aired out. my temps are in the low 80's... but i often wonder what would happen if the water got too warm? then i wonder if it could EVER get too warm? i hope someone can answer!
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~ Evie

Pets:
0.1.0 German Shepherd {Dusty}
0.1.0 German Shepherd/Collie mix {Shadoe}
0.0.2 RES turtles {Booger and Snot}
1.0.0 African Clawed Frog {Bingo}
0.0.1 Snail {Gary}

My water temp also goes up to high 80's on hot days. Something I've tried is to leave a fan on near the tank and also leave some windows slightly open for ventilation. That semes to help somewhat. My turtles seem fine though even when I don't do that. They love basking no matter how hot it is.

I've thought of an alternative solution but havne't tried it. Since I use an external canister filter (Fluval 404), I was thinking that I could just put the whole filter in a bucket of ice such that the ice surrounds the bottom 1/3 of the filter. This should cool down the water somewhat. In case the water gets too cold, the heater in the tank will kick in to bring the temperature up.

i can see how that WOULD work... but i'd be afraid that the ice would hurt the filter somehow. is that possible? who knows?!?!
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~ Evie

Pets:
0.1.0 German Shepherd {Dusty}
0.1.0 German Shepherd/Collie mix {Shadoe}
0.0.2 RES turtles {Booger and Snot}
1.0.0 African Clawed Frog {Bingo}
0.0.1 Snail {Gary}

When it gets hot in my house I turn the basking light off and just leave the flourescent UVB tube on. I added cold water yesterday with the hose, since my water level was very low. I had a baby a few weeks ago, so hauling buckets of water were way down on my list of things to do. RES are used to water temp changes since they live in water that has cool and warm spots, so if you want to add a bucket of cool water it won't hurt them any.
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Thank you guys for your help.