Hows everyone dealing with the summer heat?

[BC564]

bucket of ice in the sump.......used as a controlled auto top off and has a cooling effect.......

[PoonTang]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I dunno, routinely my tank sits at about 78-79. The tank has gone up to 85 a couple of times this summer when the chiller fuse has blown and I haven't had any losses. Too hot = when it feels like bathwater. Usually I put my hand in and go ahhhh, nice. When its too hot I go argggh! stupid chiller! you suck!!!! and my husband rolls his eyes

The bleaching doesn't necessarily occur as the temp rises, sometimes it occurs on the way back to cool. Depends on how fast/slow you "fix" the temperature issue.

Yes, my tank normally sits around 79 like yours but gets up to 82 during the day when the MH is on. Hit 85 3 days in a row last week but no sign of harm so far. I reeeealllly dont want to run a chiller if i can get away with it.

[spanky]

Calgary has had some really idiotic weather this year, 2 days ago it was 33.7c , thank god it cools down at night. I have two ten dollar desk fans blowing in the back of my 28g nano-cube HQI when the mh's go on. and they do a good job. Usually i only use one, but with the hot weather ive had both of them going. I add maybe 1L of water a day, but water is cheap compared to a chiller. Max temp with the fans is 81 on the hottest of days.

[Johnny Reefer]

Originally Posted by Johnny Reefer

The 1 month old Lifegard Time & Temp I put on my FOWLR says it's at 45.1F. I know my chiller isn't THAT powerful. POS Time & Temp.

My bad. My Pink Tail Trigger had chewed through the sensor cord . Anyway, just for the record. Can't claim that Time & Temps are pieces of poop after all.