Heat Wave

[Veng68]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

I switched to a reverse photoperiod a couple nights ago so my MH are NOT on during the heat of day. Along with a 12,000 btu portable AC unit, its been very nice temperature wise in my groundfloor suite. It's usually 5-10 degrees (F) cooler down here than the upstairs suite, which is why I'm never moving up

How about the fact that you have eleventy billion gallons of water in your ground floor unit

Move that upstairs and the people downstairs will have a nice saltwater shower someday

Cheers,
Vic

[Tom R]

The point is, do you have a plan?

It is easier to try and control the heat build up on the way up than to get to that 85 or higher and have to quickly bring it down.

I keep my temp at 80 to 81 and my MH will add about .5 each day if nothing is done to control it. I have my Chiller come on at 83 and my lights turn off at 84.

My biggest problem is that the Chiller is not vented to the outside so when it comes on it increases the heat in the fish room which in turn increases the water temp.

Tom R

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

That's why I love my AC unit. It vents hot air outside (not an option for you) and keeps me (and the tanks) cool.

And Vic, it's 750g at present (soon to rise to 850 gallons total water volume with the next upgrade) NOT eleventy billion gallons

[ongquang21]

It is inside the skimmer where temperatures of air and tank's water is exchanged almost 100%.
I made 2 air tubes, the first one is from inside my ballast (for winter) and the other is through fridge door's sealer (for Summer). Both of them are leading to my skimmer.
I connect my skimmer air intake tube to the second one on Wed. early morning and my tank is among 79-80 k.
This is my general idea. To achieve the way you want, you have to figure out in detail such as time to connect and disconnect, air pump, timer...

hopefully it helps

Don

[Tom R]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Vic, it's 750g at present (soon to rise to 850 gallons total water volume with the next upgrade) NOT eleventy billion gallons

There is still time, well maybe not eleventy billion but for sure tenilty billion.

Just think if the Vancouver Parks board ever put the Aquarium up for sale Anthony would buy it and quickly make it his home.

Tom R

[Veng68]

Originally Posted by Tom R

There is still time, well maybe not eleventy billion but for sure tenilty billion.

Just think if the Vancouver Parks board ever put the Aquarium up for sale Anthony would buy it and quickly make it his home.

Tom R

I think he would try to frag it and sell one half and keep the other......... and still make a profit

Cheers,
Vic

[Veng68]

http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/d...o-cooler-large

This looks interesting.

Cheers,
Vic

[Greenmaster]

Originally Posted by Veng68

http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/deltec-eco-cooler-large

This looks interesting.

Cheers,
Vic

Looks like it will cool well, It's the same as running fans over your tank or having water run over a sheet with a fan blowing on it. But it will cause a lot of water evaporation so you would want to make sure that you have a good auto top-up system as well. (it's the "swamp cooler" style of cooling)

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Great, if you have several thousand dollars to spare for cooling.

[Nebthet]

When I came home on Tues morning after being away for two days, my A/C was turned off. Power went out sometime over the two days and went it came back on, the a/c didn't. So I ran an extension cord and plugged it into my range which is on an independant circuit than the other apartments in this house, and turned it on. Then it was lights out, topping up extra water for evaporation, adding a fan to the back of the tank on top of the AC70 filter and hanging down blowing directly onto the water, and unplugging the heater. After 6 hours or so, the tank was down to 82 degrees.
One sps rtn'd, two began bleaching, the rest were not happy. GSP and Duncans were very unhappy. Zoas were closing up, new purple tippled elegance was really unhappy and restracted.

Now today, tank is at 80 degrees. GSP and Duncans are coming back out. New purple-tipped elegance is much happier, than it was before the heat, sps polyps coming out again. Except for the one, which I lost. There may be a second one, but that will depend on whether or not the polyps recover. Zoas are also out again.