Keeping A Tank Near A Fire?

[CAC]

Has anyone kept a tank near to a fire (not infront of one, but near to it, at the side). What Im thinking about is mainly the glass bowing or something, allthough it sounds quite stupid.
Obvuously it wont overheat the tank because when we get too hot then the tank will be so we would let it die down...
Also, if anyone heard of anything bad that happened because of it then it would be veryy good to know, thanks.

Mike

 

[Dark Wolf]

Not really sure, but if it got got hot enough to bow the glass, then you would probably have fish soup on your hands. I just can't imagine that putting the tank next to a fire is a good idea personally.

 

[Matty P]

Hmmm.... I wouldn't recommened it

 

[JamieBailie]

Correct me if i'm wrong, But it's impossible for the glass to heat up as the water will draw all the heat from the glass.

I used to do a lot of camping, and to heat water without anything metal you fill a plastic bottle with water, squeeze it whilst tightening the lid so there's no air in the bottle and set it right on the flames!
The bottle dosen't melt at all because the water is absorbing all the heat.

 

[Matty P]

Correct me if i'm wrong, But it's impossible for the glass to heat up as the water will draw all the heat from the glass.

I used to do a lot of camping, and to heat water without anything metal you fill a plastic bottle with water, squeeze it whilst tightening the lid so there's no air in the bottle and set it right on the flames!
The bottle dosen't melt at all because the water is absorbing all the heat.

It's not the tank I'm worried about, it's the fish. Some fish are very sensitive to fluctuations in temperature.

Matt

 

[australia]

i am setting up shelfs for my new fish tanks and have the same proplem. i have ran into my heater, lol, though i figure i dont have my heater on mutch and the fish tanks will not get any of the heat directry from the heater so it will be ok, im guessing if no heat directly goes to the tank you will be ok.


best u can do to prevent the heat is to get chilllers

 

[Yetti]

Why would you put it near a fire? What kind of fire are we talking about, a fireplace? Just find a safer spot, and it will heat the tank up.

 

[Teelie]

I'd also be concerned about the smoke from the fire. I don't know how much smoke your fireplace would produce but that is one concern I would have.

 

[JamieBailie]

Smoke is drawn straight out the chimney, Virtually no smoke should ever enter the room

 

[CAC]

Well, its not an open fire (it is ATM) but its getting changed into a wood burning stove. Its not exactly 'next' to the fire, but the fire is one one wall, and the tank would be on the wall which is at 90deggress to it, its front glass would be 2 feet away from the stoves place, but because its a chimny, its not in direct heat with the fire, ill do a paint drawing if I can, so just bear with me.

Mike

 

[CAC]

Just done these two, just quick ones, the first is from above:

And this is as if you were looking at the tank and fireplace head on:

Cheers, Mike

 

[MermaidMel]

Personally I wouldn't do this. In my old apartment I had a tank on the kitchen work suface, kinda near to the oven and the grill part especially, which was gas fired and it melted the hood a bit.

 

[CAC]

Really? I wouldnt have thought this to be much of a problem, clearly it is.....Does no one else keep a tank near a fire/stove? My 38g is near(ish) another stove, but it doesnt protrude from the gap like this ones does, because is on 14" wide and goes in full lenght... Cos this one is much longer and the width and the lenght of my 38g it is differant because the glass is exposed to the heat more. Still, I wouldnt have thought it to be too much of a problem.
BTW the diagrams I did arent to scale.

Mike

 

[znk]

The fish will die. In fact being in the same room as the fire place is a bad idea. Especialy if you turn it in to a wood burning stove....those radiate alot of heat.

 

[CAC]

I highly doubt it will get too hot, the heater will shut off if it does, and like I said, when I get too hot then I will stop stoking it up, so it wiont be as hot. Thnink about it, tropical fish like a water temp of about 26 degrees C, which will be far too hot for me personally when sitting in my lounge. Also, it will be a large volume of water (800 litres) so it should take a long time to heat it to dangerous temps. Im more worried about the glass (which will take most of the heat I imagine) bowing or being affected big time.