The weather here is starting to heat up. Today's 83 degrees. A bit too high for my freshwater Neocaridina & Caridina shrimp. I decided to use my CoolWorks IceProbe to lower the temps. I bought these used off of eBay. I would idealy like to be around 74 degrees but I think it will only lower it 3-4 degrees in a 10 gallon tank. I tried this on my 5 gallon tank last year and it worked great. That was in the winter. I plan to turn the lights on at 6pm. I know the opae can take the heat but the FW shrimps need to be in the 70's. I still would prefer my opae to be at or around 74 degrees.
Now the manufacturer states:
"A single IceProbe can cool 10 gallons of water 6-8F below ambient air temperature in a standard aquarium. Multiple IceProbes can be used in a single aquarium to achieve higher temperature differentials".
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Now the manufacturer states:
"A single IceProbe can cool 10 gallons of water 6-8F below ambient air temperature in a standard aquarium. Multiple IceProbes can be used in a single aquarium to achieve higher temperature differentials".
Mine start to be more active now that the water has 26 C from ca. 23 C.
I am not worried about Opae Ula at all. But the snails might cook 
