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![]() 29C, so...82. Completely closed system... finally occured to me today that I could open up the cabinet underneath so that some air could circulate over the sump, that may help. The temp inside the house, on the other hand... a whopping 34C today. It's HOT. Glad I've got LED's instead of MH's...hate to think what the temp would be like otherwise. o.O
Last edited by 0sprey; 07-05-2007 at 11:18 PM. |
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![]() I came home today and kissed my chiller. Temp was 77
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210gal tank, mega flow#4 sump 30gal, Euroreef RS250, 1/2 horse chiller, lifeguard 40watts uv sterilizer,poseidon ps4 external pump,24" plexi refugium with pump and light, 2 rio pumps 3100,72" 72" PFO Solaris-I4 15K LED Lighting Fixture. Tunze wavebox. Precision Marine calcium reactor for up to 400gal,with about 200lb of figi live rock, bare bottom |
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![]() I hugged my chiller this morning
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~ LeeWorld ~ "Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo |
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![]() I didn't want to chance a tank melt down come summer so I moved my upstairs tank to the basement. My main tank is already in the basement, although just running heaters and the basement usually cold, I did notice my tanks hit 79 yesterday. Yiks! Or so I thought. Since I keep them at 77 usually.
So it reminded me to turn down the heaters come summer. ![]()
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~ LeeWorld ~ "Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo |
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![]() Wife bought central air for the house last year (and tank was part of the reason), tank's 79°. She got another kiss from me.
Last edited by mark; 07-06-2007 at 03:21 AM. |
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![]() as long as i keep my sliding glass door open, i'm good. when nobody's home and the place is locked up, the RK2 shuts the light down. thank god for temp controllers....(thank you Digital Aquatics) i will never let a prize aquarium live without a temp controller again. a chiller is nice, a temp controller is awesome...both is better. scratch that...ESSENTIAL. i insure my belongings....$2,000 in livestock is insured...remind me to review the insurance policies of the livestock i'm responsible for. shameless plug for reef computers: GET ONE! if you have thousands invested in an aquarium, buy an aquarium computer. the peace of mind is worth thousands....all you have to spend is $400. if not for the sheer dollar value, find comfort in the fact that you're sparing live animals.
Last edited by GrimReefer; 07-06-2007 at 03:36 AM. |
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![]() Hit 81 degress fernhite.
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10g softie and LPS tank(SPS soon ![]() Live stock -1 Pulsing xinia - Green candy cane - green zoas - GSP - Fake percula clown - Diadem dottyback ![]() ![]() |
#29
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![]() FOWLR
Main Tank 82.8F. Sump 84.4F. Tank mostly with glass/acrylic top. Aqualight 4x96W PC. Coralife 150W MH over 'fuge. No top over sump/fuge. Fan blowing on sump. No chiller. Reef Main Tank 79.5F. Sump 80.6F. Tank 2/3rds covered with glass/acrylic top. Aqualight Pro 3x150W MH. Coralife 150W MH over 'fuge. No top over sump/fuge. No fan blowing on sump. Chiller.
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#30
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![]() Before A/C my tanks would hit temps like mid-80's, high 80's, even 90 in a few extreme cases (ie. if I didn't get a chance to knock the halides off or something like that).
Last year I put in an HRV and A/C at the same time. Best investment I ever made for the hobby. Well, it was more of a "investment in order to stay in the hobby and not rot my house out from under me" - as within a year of the house being built I was getting mildew on the walls and ceilings - not good. The HRV put a stop to that as well as the "weeping windows" in the winter phenomenon. And the A/C - well - it was that or a chiller - I gotta say, outside mid-30's, inside mid-20's - 'nuff said. Pricey maybe, but ooooooh so nice. But then .. it wasn't really much more than a chiller would have cost anyhow. And the tanks don't go above 77-78 anymore, ever. Thought about getting a chiller for the big tank if/when I ever get it running but the A/C is working out so well right now I wonder if I'd even need to go that step. Nice thing about A/C over a chiller is I don't have to choose which tank to put it on - the household ambient temperature regulates ALL tanks, FW/SW upstairs/downstairs.
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