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Originally Posted by Lee
Your water temperature will rarely be the same as the air temperature. It's a weighted average of it actually. So if you have a high of 100 and a low of 70 then the water will be more like 85. Water changes should take care of any evaporated solids.
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That might be the case, but he said that he had nights around 100 degrees which I can completely relate to as I have been out there in the summer. The days would probably be upto 110 or maybe even a little more. That would leave you with an average of 105 which is pretty hot for most fish to survive in. There would definately need to be some type of oxygen system to keep the water oxygenated, or a cooling system to help retain oxygen.
Fish in lakes go deeper in the summer months to seek refuge from lower oxygen levels and warmer water. That would be hard to accomplish in something as shallow as 18 inches.
In any event, I would love to see how this plays out.