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Help with temperatures in my Hermit Crab tank

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:31 pm
by Arelono
Hi, I am new to this website and was hoping to find some answers here. There is a heat wave going on where I live, this causes my house and everyone else's house who I know, to rise to over 80 degrees at times. I need to keep the tank cooler then that, especially since the heat wave has just started. I have a 10 gallon tank with 3 crabs inside. I don't have a problem maintaining the humidity, but the tank is getting hotter and I don't want to harm my crabs. I had a light and heater on the tank but I've had them off for a while and the temperature doesn't go lower than 80. I'd like some suggestions as to what I could do about this, and how to cool off the tank. Thanks!

Help with temperatures in my Hermit Crab tank

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:41 pm
by Crabber85
@Arelono, Having the tank at 80 degrees is actually not a problem so I wouldn't try cooling the tank off until you start seeing constant temps above 85 at that point I would move tank to the coolest room in the house and if that doesn't help you might try fan though that will effect the humidity adversely.

Help with temperatures in my Hermit Crab tank

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:48 pm
by Arelono
Okay, thank you for the reply, I appreciate your help.

Help with temperatures in my Hermit Crab tank

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:26 am
by Crabber85
Your welcome and if you have any more questions please don't hesitate to ask.