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07-07-2010, 03:34 AM
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Go to walmart or Superstore or Zellers and buy a couple of clip on fans. They are only $15 a piece. Try that before you invest in an AC. Plug them into your timer so that the fans are on when your main lights are on, if you don't have a controller. Blow the fans across the water surface.
Depends on what kind of light you have. If you have T5's, I am sure two clip on's will do. If you have MH, maybe sufficient, maybe not. Try the fans first anyway. It will evaporate a lot of water if you do the fan route. JFYI. 
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07-07-2010, 04:39 PM
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Great advise guys thanks a lot!
I run 6 x T5's on my tank. Right now I have a fan accross the room blowing air in from outside. The tank is covered with a glass top so I may have to take that off on hot days. I hope my Blenny does go carpet surfing... I already have an ATO so thats not an issue. I will try moving the fan closer today as it is suppose to get pretty hot. Right now temp is at 80.6 up from 80.2 earlier this morning. I may just buy the chiller. We invest so much in our tanks it would be a shame to have it all die because of heat issues... Thanks again to everyone for their advise.
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07-08-2010, 06:37 PM
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you can stretch some sort of cheesecloth instead of your glasstop on hot days (on blow the fans on that)Alternatively, buy a big piece of acrylics (as big as your cover top) and drill a bunch of smaller holes in it... will guarantee your blenny stays where he should be...
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07-08-2010, 11:36 PM
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I have a few of those plastic ice block things that you use in coolers. If i see the temperature getting too high on a hot day (like today haha). I drop one in the sump. Will usually bring the temperature down gradually about 3-4oC. If its really hot I can throw in two. Freeze them again over night.
Not great when its hot everyday but I find I only have to do that maybe 5 days or so during the summer. Martin
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07-09-2010, 12:14 AM
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I'm going to be making a top like this... 1/4" holes and clear mesh makes for a good top
 *NOTE: these are not my images they are taken from Google. This is the guy I got my stuff from. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ble-price.html  
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07-09-2010, 12:31 AM
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You can buy an egg crate from homedepot...
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