What are practical ideas to cool a ten gallon saltwater aquarium?

I just started a ten gallon sw aquarium. It is a little too warm. What is the best way to cool it with spending little or no money? The heater is completely off.|||That's a tricky one. Salt water aquariums (especially small ones) are really quite difficult to start up and keep going. You said you just started your aquarium. As I'm sure you know, the cycling process for a saltwater tank takes a lot longer than in freshwater, and it will be quite some time before you can think about introducing fish. If this is new to you, try this site: http://www.fishlore.com/SaltwaterAquariu鈥?/a>





Anywho, during the cycling process temperature shouldn't be neglected entirely, but it isn't as important as when you have fish to keep healthy. My point here is that if your aquarium is a little too warm in the cycling process it isn't the end of the world. Perhaps you could use the cycling process as a time to save up for proper equipment to heat/cool the aquarium?





As for other methods such as frozen water bottles, I think they may do more harm than good. If you had a 1000 gallon aquarium it may be worth a shot, but I think the risk of cooling a 10 gallon aquarium too quickly would far outweigh the benefits, as sw fish especially are very sensitive to changes in temperature or other parameters. Putting a fan near the aquarium may help lower the temp slightly by evaporative cooling, but that's about it. Good luck with your new aquarium!!|||take some water bottles


fill them up with water and freeze them


before you put them into your tank, make sure the bottles are clean on the outside, no soap or anything else


this will cool down the water slowly


just replace once it's all water again