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So I was Tung-oiling my kids new workbench and I had the windows open in the basement and the tank got too hot and had to put bags of ice in it to cool it off. So, I put a fan to help with the cooling and omg its really flattening out my heating curves.
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I am really surprised how much a 140mm fan will cool.
I'm going to be digging a "geothermal well" ish for the quail. I'm thinking just a little fan to draw air out of the well and push it into the bottom of the coop. It'll draw the warm air from the top, run it through a 375 gallon tote buried in the ground under the old chicken coop. I'm hoping it lowers ambient temperature in the coop enough to keep the babies alive next time.
 

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Your fan is crooked.
Crooked fans blow the air more randomly which helps with the cooling coefficient and makes the "C" Value of the pipe more effective.
 
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I'm going to be digging a "geothermal well" ish for the quail. I'm thinking just a little fan to draw air out of the well and push it into the bottom of the coop. It'll draw the warm air from the top, run it through a 375 gallon tote buried in the ground under the old chicken coop. I'm hoping it lowers ambient temperature in the coop enough to keep the babies alive next time.
I think you'll be surprised how well that will actually work. good thinking!
 

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The Petco near me has a tilefish for $60... so tempted to get it. They're stunning... but jumpers.
Mine had a Melanarus (sp?) for $30. I almost bought it... I don't know that I'm ready for one yet though.
 

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I can't... They're sold out. I'm staring at the tank right now hoping he pops out...
 

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I actually went to a different Petco today and they had one in stock. The problem is they had it labeled as a Lunare Wrasse for double the price.
You can correct them via their own website and they will fix the price.
 

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You can correct them via their own website and they will fix the price.
I tried that once. They actually told me they didn't care - they're selling it as what they bought it as.
 

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I tried that once. They actually told me they didn't care - they're selling it as what they bought it as.
I would have called corporate right there lol. Yup, Grandpa Steve would have been Karen at that moment lol.
 
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oh yeah; I'da totally Karen'd that. I'm getting so stodgy when it comes to aquariums that the other day I regret to mention I got the lfs to honor the posted price of $1.49 for ridged airline tubing instead of $1.59... It wasn't until I left and was sitting in my car that I realized what I had just done.
 

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oh yeah; I'da totally Karen'd that. I'm getting so stodgy when it comes to aquariums that the other day I regret to mention I got the lfs to honor the posted price of $1.49 for ridged airline tubing instead of $1.59... It wasn't until I left and was sitting in my car that I realized what I had just done.
Yea but at least you didn’t try to swallow that feeling…..then released your anger by writing a scathing review……gotta work on my confrontational skills haha
 

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