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10-23-2007, 07:19 AM
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Last year when we were without power for 36 hrs my temps went down to 68, I spent about 24 hrs getting it back to 75 then the next 24 getting it back to 78. No losses. But you have another problem...did your heater also fail?
Scott 
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10-23-2007, 05:14 PM
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Yes, it did...and with a faulty thermometer I didn't realize it had. I just noticed that when I put my hand in the water for feeding my Sun-Coral that it seemed cool. I thought it might be just my mind but I still looked at the temperature and it read 77 which is close to the 78 that I've always kept it at. I was still suspicious so I grabbed a hand-held one and dipped it in to get a very low reading of about 67. I went to the LFS and grabbed a cheapy coralife and stuck it in to get a new reading of 68. I bought a new Ebo-Jager 200W heater and have slowly been bringing it up (today it's up to 70) but I wasn't sure this was the right thing to do? Is this too fast, too slow?
In reality, is the 78 I usually have right?
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Mark...  290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013.
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10-23-2007, 05:36 PM
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In my tank I get down to 80F overnight and max around 82F in the evening after my lights have been on all day.
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- Greg 90G : Light - Tek 6xT5 | Skim - EuroReef RS135 | Flow - 2xVortech MP40W | Control - Reef Keeper 2
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10-23-2007, 06:16 PM
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Just keep doing what you're doing. Raise the temperature slowly with the heater.
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~Drew 10G Nano * 10G Sump * Deltec MCE 600 Skimmer * JBL Viper 150w MH * Zeovit * Vortech MP40W Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. ~S. Ertz 
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