144G Half Circle Mixed Reef

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Wasn't it ME that brought over the probe?!?

As for the temp swing, that is odd. I had MH on my shallow cube (which you would think would fluctuate easily) with the controller keeping track of temp, and the controller kept the tank between 26.0 - 26.5C. Never needed a fan to keep temps in check.

Being that your tank is in the basement, MUCH larger water volume, external return pump.. etc etc (see where I'm going with this? ) What do you have the actual heater set at?

Ya, Josh it was you who brought the probe!

Ya I am going to get a second tonight to go over my program again and take a good look at the heater and such. So yours was set 26-26.5 then on the controller?
Doug too what is your heat program set to?
I think I had mine set to 26.0 to 26.5 as well? So I shouldn't see so much of a swing then right? Right now my temp is at 27.0. And lights only came on at 11:30am.

[Carmen]

Caught a pic of my new strawberry crab!

[Skimmerking]

Carmen that guy is so cool

[fishytime]

Hey nice score with the pic...with 144 gallons of water he may be a rare sight...I spotted my pom pom for the first time in months.... hopefully "pinkilicious"stays in the open more....very cool little critter for sure....

to answer your question....my temp setup is a little complicated....desired temp is centered around 77F...with lots of, if temp hits 80F then fan comes on....if temp hit 84F then lights turn off etc, etc...

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Hey nice score with the pic...with 144 gallons of water he may be a rare sight...I spotted my pom pom for the first time in months.... hopefully "pinkilicious"stays in the open more....very cool little critter for sure....

to answer your question....my temp setup is a little complicated....desired temp is centered around 77F...with lots of, if temp hits 80F then fan comes on....if temp hit 84F then lights turn off etc, etc...

Actually luckily we have spotted Pinkalicious most days! Very cool crab indeed!

Doug does your tank temp remain fairly close to desired temp with the exception of summer etc. I have the settings as well with fan coming on when temp hits26.7 and MH going off when ....etc but it just seems to swing a heck of alot from 25.5 to 27.1 yesterday and this am. Trying a different heater today.

[fishytime]

My temp does swing a few degrees too.....you basically have a few hundred watts of heat on top of your tank now, so you will get temperature swings when the lights are on....kinda unavoidable unless you run a chiller.

[JDigital]

Now that I think about it... As soon as you plugged in the controller it should have been running my original program that I setup.. I got a fan at home if you want it...

[Carmen]

Yup, I figured out the program Josh but I altered it somewhat. Just thought the temp would be more constant.

[fishytime]

So!.......any updates on this thing???

[Carmen]

Originally Posted by fishytime

So!.......any updates on this thing???

Soon...Workin on it but I've been kinda busy.