house gets really hot in the high 90s would my fish be ok

Question
Hello I am planning to get a fish tank. I recently moved to an area that gets really hot in the summer it can get up to 110 degrees. Would my fish tank be ok. Would my fish survive cause inside the house gets in the high 90's and i don't want to run the AC all day cause of the electric bill. What do you recommend. thank you

Answer
Freddy -

I have a few suggestions: most are the basic guidelines for fishkeeping that are available all over.

Try to make sure that you don't place your aquarium near windows or doors, under heating/air conditioning vents or fireplaces (or anything else that consistently or rapidly changes the temperature of the surrounding area of the tank.  Another suggestion is that you place it on and inside wall (one that is not on a wall that has the outdoors on the other side of it).

You mentioned that your house gets really hot in the summer and you live in an area where the temperatures get really hot in the summer.  I live in Southern California and also in Las Vegas, NV.  Here in San Diego, the temperatures are always great!  But in Las Vegas, not so much - it is almost always extremely hot in the warmer months and in the winters, it can get cold enough to snow - just this past December and January, we had record snowfall on the Strip!  In any case, back to answering your questions!  

What I do with my aquariums in Vegas is different than in San Diego.  If the lid or cover can be left open (provided there are no fish that will normally jump out of the water or any electrical/lighting equipment close to the surface of the water), use a small fan to blow air across the surface of the aquarium to keep it cooler.  You can keep the fan on an automatic timer to help ease the electric bill - keep it running only when it is hottest in the house.  This will generally lower the temperature at least 5 degrees more. In Vegas, I keep the air conditioner running in the hotter months, but you said this was not an option.  

You should set up your aquarium ahead of time to allow it time to cycle and see how well it will adjust to your climate.  Check the required temperatures for the fish you plan to get and see if they will be suitable for your aquarium.  Keep a thermometer inside the tank for a more accurate reading than the ones that you stick to the sides of the glass.  Keep track of the average temperatures at different times of the day (morning, afternoon, and evening) and use that average range to determine the types of fish you would like to stock your tank with.  This will help narrow it down to fish that will do well in their new environment inside your house during the hotter months.  The smaller the aquarium, the easier to maintain.  However, the larger the aquarium, more water that will take longer to heat up.  

Also ensure that you have a heater with the proper amount of wattage for your size aquarium to ensure that the water temperature is kept at a safe level for your fish to survive during the cooler months.

Please let me know if you have any further questions or if I haven't sufficiently answered your questions.  Welcome to the hobby and happy fishkeeping!