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From: oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: warmness
Keywords: heat
Message-ID: <3842@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 5 May 88 09:02:32 GMT
References: <3787@gryphon.CTS.COM> <5690@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <3836@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Reply-To: oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Distribution: alt
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I have been waiting for someone to mention it, but I guess the pros assume
that "everyone knows this".  Water has a much higher calorcic capacity than
air and the convection heat exchange through the glass of the aquarium is
a rather inefficient means of cooling (or heating, for that matter).
Therefore, aquarium water will tend to fluctuate in temperature, but with a
much smaller gradient than the air temperature, with the same average temp.
The bigger the tank -- the more stable the water temperature.
-- 

Oleg Kiselev	{frodo|bilbo|lcc}.oleg@seas.ucla.edu	...!ihnp4!lcc!oleg
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