So how is everyone's temp holding up?

[Aquattro]

I went from 81 to 88.9 today. Kind of a big swing!! So how is everyone else doing for temp?

[StirCrazy]

I went from 83 to 87.4 today.. everything looks fine.

Steve

[Quinn]

it's a bit cool in my area, i've been between 77 and 79 for the last few days (turned my heaters down to keep me in that area). but my lights will probably bring that up pretty quickly.

[EmilyB]

Holy Crap....you guys have summer I guess. :eek:

[Canadian Man]

Holy Crap....you guys have summer I guess. :eek:

Yea no kidding! 81 to 89 :eek: That's a bid diffrence!
Nothing died or dies with that diffrence in temp?

[Aquattro]

Jon, everything looks just fine. I increased the fan so I hope to not have that big a swing tomorrow, but ya, summer is here! Normally I go from 81 to about 85 at the end of the day. A 400w in the sump at night doesn't help. Gotta save up for a chiller I guess!!

[Mak]

Ahh it's nice to be in a basement again. Nice and cool down there I tell ya :cool: . But last years heat wave killed of the Xenia (just the Xenia) I was trying to get rid of, so heat waves can be good sometimes :mrgreen: .

[StirCrazy]

Holy Crap....you guys have summer I guess. :eek:

It was 32 in the shade at 5 pm today. caught us by surprise.

Steve

[canadawest]

Went from 80F to 84F today, so I turned up the speed on the fans today as well.

Hopefully I'll be back down to my normal 80F to 82F swings.

[Son Of Skyline]

I'm fighting to keep my tank under 88F right now. So far everything looks ok.

[Aquattro]

mine is down to 86 now. Hopefully I can get it back to 81 by morning. I think the 400w in the sump will stay off tonight.

[Jack]

80-82. Not to bad cause it was 35 today :eek: I'm kinda in a basement and I use 250w halides. I could probably put a fan on the sump if need be. I guess no swing is ideal but Im sure the shallow tropics rise and fall a small amount or no?

[Dresden]

i came home to temp of 88f at 11pm at night :(

[Doug]

:eek: Like Deb says, "wholly crap". Boy thats warm. Hard to believe its not hard on the tanks residents. Guess it speaks volumes for keeping ones tank over 80 all year, so the spikes are not a great change to the warmer side.

[Old Guy]

Being a spoiled oldbrat,It sure is nice having AC. :mrgreen:

[PFisher]

I guess that tank temperature is one advantage of living in Northern Alberta. We had to turn on the furnace last night.

[sumpfinfishe]

Yeah mine shot up from 79 to a whopping 86 yesterday :eek:

I just came home from work and after having the fan blow on the water surface of the sump overnight, the temp has now drpped down to 81.

I'm thinking that maybe I should drill a hole in the side of my roomates small bar freezer, then run a line of my tank water through it to :cool: things down :mrgreen:

cheers, sumpfinfishe

[Aquattro]

I left home this morning with the temp at 81.2. Hopefully it isn't near 90 again today. I left extra fans on...... :rolleyes:

[Delphinus]

Man, I just use 250's over my 75 and I'm constantly fighting temps on that tank, and that's with the temperature rarely exceeding 25. Two Icecap fans in the hood, one 8" blowing onto the sump seems to keep it around topping out at 28 or so (I'm using C. I usually convert my temps to F for the benefit of all you antiquidated Fahrenheit folk, but this morning I'm taking a stand and using C!!!!!) Of course three fans over the 72g and three fans for 75 makes for not much except a lot of high blood pressure some days (I love my hobby ... I love my hobby ... I love my hobby.). Mind you some days I'm able to tune out the fan noise. The 20g, with no fan, is topping out at 29.5. These are when the temps outside are in the mid-20's ... I am so screwed if the temps shoot past 30. I might still put some pop bottles filled with water in the freezer, to drop into the sump as a backup plan for those days.

Keeping the window open has helped the daytime temps, but now I have a problem with my one tank DROPPING to about 24 at night. Sigh ... the other two seem to keep up but not this one, I guess I have to actually put a BIGGER heater in there for the summer (what an incredible revelation).

Nope, summer isn't generally a happy time for my tanks. I don't know how everyone else gets away without any fuss. And I'm contemplating a move to 400's this summer .... I wonder if I ought to wait until fall. We'll see.

Icecap fans are nice, but when they step up to 110cfm, they really do sounds like a jet airplance turbine winding up.

[Bob I]

Ahhhh, the joys of having one's tanks in the basement, and not fooling around with MH. :eek:

[Delphinus]

Ahhhh, the joys of having one's tanks in the basement, and not fooling around with MH. :eek:

My basement USED to be cold all the time!! The issue for me is having three tanks with halides. It really is too much, and if I felt I could amalgamate the three into two, or one for the matter, believe me I would jump on it. My choices are either to get a rediculously large tank (which due to resources I cannot do while the other three are going, so that realistically is not an option), or to get rid of some things (which I cannot seem to do either because I am too sentimental about things). I keep wondering how to get rid of my 20 because it is serving very little purpose these days, except that there's no room whatsoever in the other two tanks for that carpet. I really don't know what to do. Ultimately, one of those tanks will be coming down ... hopefully before the fall when the energy prices are supposed to skyrocket again. :(

Brad, I probably don't need to tell you this, but keep an eye on those temps, espescially if you have clams. I believe many things can weather an occasional spike like that, but not all will, and espescially not repeatedly. I blame my heat spikes last year (a couple times I forgot to reconnect some fans after doing some work), of course Murphy's Law said those days would be >30C outside, and the tank temps hit 30 (~90F for you antiquidated Fahrenheit folk :razz: ). Although it took more than a month, the clams I had didn't ever look right thereafter and eventually became empty shells. Keep an eye on those temps, k? Maybe add some more fans over the sump if you have to.

[Aquattro]

Tony, I don't for a second believe that heat had anything to do with the clam issues last summer. My setup was different then and my temp was stable. I lost all my clams after adding a new one. My current setup fluctuates 4 degrees (F) daily since last fall. My clams are fine.

I think the problem yesterday was that although I have a really good fan, I never turn it on. My evaporation hits about 5g a ay if the fan is on. I guess now I need to make more water instead of leaving the fan off. We'll see tonight when I get home if I'm right about that :razz:

[One_Divided]

my water is staying nice and cool. 79-81

[Delphinus]

Your circumstances may have been disease, no question. But what I'm saying is that high temps WILL kill clams. Be careful. What harm is there is trying to control heat spikes? BTW I lose way more than 5g per day, you're not getting sympathy from me on that one!! :razz:

[Aquattro]

Tony, after hearing how they induce spawning in clams, I don't think heat is an issue! But you're right..no harm in keeping things cool.

Adam, you're sounding a bit smug in your basement there. I might sneak by and drop a heater in your room tonight!! hehe

[Acro]

Wow, Now thats some warm water. If everything is healthy and your system has no other issues at the time you'll do ok. The problem is if one other parameter is out you are more likely to have issues. I personally don't like to see my tank over 84. I'd prefer no swing and right now I'm going from 79. to 82 which isn't bad but again don't want much more. I don't think I would want the temps getting very high if you don't run a powerful skimmer or some other sorts of oxygen producing method. You guys with the heat issues noticing a drop in your ph as well? Any ways may the tank Gods be with us through summer as we always have/hear of heat induced deaths this time of year.

[Aquattro]

Jamie, curious you mention the O2 thing. I didn't notice the fish behaving any differently than normal, so it looks like the O2 wasn't affected (much). I didn't check pH, so I have no idea. Besides, I have no idea what my pH normally is :rolleyes:

[Chad]

mine is holding stead at about 85 - 85..

[canadawest]

I guess that tank temperature is one advantage of living in Northern Alberta. We had to turn on the furnace last night.

That's funny because I just turned OFF the gas to my furnace a couple days ago! :eek:

Looks like it's gonna be another scorcher again today! :confused:

[Lofus]

Temp is stable at 29. Interesting to note how many people quote their temp in F rather then C.

[Aquattro]

Interesting to note how many people quote their temp in F rather then C.

The simple reason is that my digital thermometer is in F, not C. Now I can convert this if I really need to, but I think everyone understands F just fine. And remember, many of us are old and grew up using Imperial measurements. It's also interesting that the people making noise about F over C report their tank volume in gallons rather than litres (Tony!!) :biggrin:
Others use cups of salt per gallon. Is a cup metric?

[Canadian Man]

I mesure in F for the simple reason that the changes in temp are smaller increment's. And my digital thermomoter is in F as well :lol:

[Chad]

Temp is stable at 29. Interesting to note how many people quote their temp in F rather then C.

Personaly it comes down to the fact that on my thermometer its in F.... I am not gonan bother trying to convert it :biggrin:

[Scales]

The 90 (upstairs....2x250W MH) has been fluctuating from 79 to 82....until the heat set in a few days ago. Yesterday it went up to 90! I immediately turned off the halides, opened the top and the stand doors. Everything appeared to be fine....so far....

The 54 (downstairs....CF system) only went up to 84....

[StirCrazy]

Temp is stable at 29. Interesting to note how many people quote their temp in F rather then C.

Maybe some of us are just old and learned in F so we keep to it. :wink:

Steve

[Delphinus]

Most digital thermometers have a switch that tells it to report in F or report in C. All mine do, and I don't have anything special, just your typical $20-$40 digital thermometer available at any LFS..


It's also interesting that the people making noise about F over C report their tank volume in gallons rather than litres (Tony!!)

I dunno ... it just seemed to me, why the heck do I keep them set at F? Why do I care what the F reading is? I don't say "it is 77degrees outside" I say "it is 25degrees outside" ... so why would I think "golly it is 28degrees outside, therefore my tank might hit 90!!" What doesn't make sense to me is the interchangeable units. Then I thought, well, why bother with F at all? The only reason I've ever reported temps in F in recent years, was so that Americans could understand what I'm saying. Why am I being so considerate? Do I think they'd even care that I make this effort for them? If not, then why am I bothering? So that's why I report in C firstly now. And I should add, normally I still do the math and report both numbers, just that this morning I decided I was going to make a stand. It had nothing to do with the fact that I had only one cup of coffee by that point (hey wait I still haven't had my second cup ... what the ... I must be totally losing my grip here .. where DOES the time go), and didn't feel like doing the math. .... no, ok, wait, that's really the whole reason, I admit it ....

[StirCrazy]

Most digital thermometers have a switch that tells it to report in F or report in C. All mine do, and I don't have anything special, just your typical $20-$40 digital thermometer available at any LFS......

Mine had the switch and I set it to F. after over 25 years of keeping fish I know what 78 degrees F is and so on, but I coulden't look at a C reading guage and tell you instantly if it is ok or not. Also like was pointed out already F is more percice using only whole numbers.

Steve

[Aquattro]

Steve, F doesn't just use whole numbers.

Tony, we'll expect all future numbers to adhere to Canadian metric units. We may not know what you're talking about, but we support your stand. We won't do it, but you should!! :razz:
BTW, it's about 84.2 outside here today!!

[Chad]

BTW, it's about 84.2 outside here today!!

:lol:

[sumpfinfishe]

Well I'm happy to report that after running a small Honeywell Forced Air type fan(cost $25) from Home Depot, it has helped out my reef BIGTIME :exclaim:

It's now 2pm and peak temperature is 94 outside in the shade using a good old mercury thermometer :eek: :mrgreen:

Today I removed the lid on my 4gl sump, setup the fan, and have had it on all day, cooling the water surface of the sump. I am happy to report that after yesterday's high of 86 I am now sitting at a stable 81. That's a whole lot better in my books. As for evaporation, I just brought my sump back up to it's normal level using 1 litre(or a 1000ml :mrgreen: ) of bottled springwater. So I guess that giving my tank a bottle a day is not too bad :biggrin:

Goodluck with the heat everyone!
cheers, Rich

[Aquattro]

I just phoned home and got my 9 year old to check the temp. She says it's at 83.3 Farenheit. Farenheit I ask? Yes daddy, that's what people use instead of celsius, she says :razz:

I guess the fan being on helped. I also raised the lights about 4 inches higher.

[psuedo]

came home last night to a temperature of 94. man oh man. my tank is hating me. everything is haywire in there. one death, and it may be causing a domino effect. only had actinic on all day today hoping to get temp down, but temp is still at 88. damn apartment!!!!!! gotta get back to the tank

[Aquattro]

came home last night to a temperature of 94. man oh man. my tank is hating me. everything is haywire in there. one death, and it may be causing a domino effect. only had actinic on all day today hoping to get temp down, but temp is still at 88. damn apartment!!!!!! gotta get back to the tank

Man, you gotta buy a fan, quick!! I'd do a water change also because of the death. And while it sounds funny at first, use warmer water fr the change...don't want to shock things with coooler water. Get a fan right away!!

[Chad]

I just phoned home and got my 9 year old to check the temp. She says it's at 83.3 Farenheit. Farenheit I ask? Yes daddy, that's what people use instead of celsius, she says :razz:

hahah, thats priceless.. love kids..

[Chad]

came home last night to a temperature of 94. man oh man. my tank is hating me. everything is haywire in there. one death, and it may be causing a domino effect. only had actinic on all day today hoping to get temp down, but temp is still at 88. damn apartment!!!!!! gotta get back to the tank

:eek: number one reason I hate appartments. I hope everything else is ok :frown:

[Jason McK]

same thing happened to my tank last night. 85F at 5PM. I put a large fan in front of the sump and in the morning it was a cool 78F. the fan has been on all day MH on as well and we are sitting at 80.1F right now. I think I'll rig a fan to blow directly on the sump surface.

Good luck everyone today and Saturday are gona be hot :redface:

J

[Samw]

I just phoned home and got my 9 year old to check the temp. She says it's at 83.3 Farenheit. Farenheit I ask? Yes daddy, that's what people use instead of celsius, she says :razz:

I guess the fan being on helped. I also raised the lights about 4 inches higher.


I only know celsius myself. Your daughter must be watching too much American TV. Its always Celcius whenever we watch the Vancouver weather man. It is suppose to be 33C today according to the weather person. So, at what celcius will my corals start dying? :lol:

[Aquattro]

So, at what celcius will my corals start dying? :lol:

Sam, I know for sure at 82 C they will not be real happy!!

[Chad]

I am so glad I live in a basements suite. Nice and cool for the most part.

:cool:

[Samw]

Oh, it was 30C in my tank yesterday night around 8pm. 30C was the upper limit on my thermometer. I guess I need to get a new thermometer.

[Aquattro]

Oh, it was 30C in my tank yesterday night around 8pm. 30C was the upper limit on my thermometer. I guess I need to get a new thermometer.

So it could have been higher then? I'd get a new thermometer for sure.

[Samw]

Oh, it was 30C in my tank yesterday night around 8pm. 30C was the upper limit on my thermometer. I guess I need to get a new thermometer.

So it could have been higher then? I'd get a new thermometer for sure.

I've got one of those cheap stick-on the outside thermometers. I'm guessing that if it was off-the-scale, none of the digits would be coloured up. If the last number 30 was being lit up, does this mean its 30 or above 30? I'm guessing it was 30. Hm, I'm getting a new thermometer tonight to be sure.

[Aquattro]

Sam, you may be right about the digits not showing if it was over.

[StirCrazy]

Steve, F doesn't just use whole numbers.

Tony, we'll expect all future numbers to adhere to Canadian metric units. We may not know what you're talking about, but we support your stand. We won't do it, but you should!! :razz:
BTW, it's about 84.2 outside here today!!

yup I know but using whole numbers in F is more accurate than using whole numbers in C.. thats what I ment.. oh and you must be having a cold wave at your house, I have 3 thermomitors all saying between 91.8 and 93.1. I may come over to cool down (oh this is at 5 PM and in the shade.. they were saying almost 34 degree C about 2 PM instead of the 32 degree C I have now :mrgreen:

On another note I added a new fan and made the day go cloudy by turning of the MH at 2pm today.. my temp is actualy cooling down now.

Steve

[EmilyB]

It's funny how the F and C don't translate to all things. Of course I'm old too.

I said something was a foot long once and my kids burst out laughing.....what the heck is a "foot" Mom?

This is my first year with all SW tanks downstairs. At least the FW upstairs needs no lights, so that should help a bit. I think I had to put frozen pop bottles in the 155g sump once last year. The way this summer is looking, not much to worry about. I always keep the heaters on and set to 80, so the tank doesn't drop too low overnight.

[Jack]

anyone ponder about DIY type deal of a dryer vent system leading hot MH canopy air out?

Does that make sense? lol heat has fried my brain today

[Samw]

It's funny how the F and C don't translate to all things. Of course I'm old too.

I said something was a foot long once and my kids burst out laughing.....what the heck is a "foot" Mom?




For me, its because I grew up watching pro sports and collecting hockey cards that listed all of the players in feet and inches and pounds. I think even Canadian news still quite often talk in feet, inches, and pounds for height and weight. Even when buying wood from hardware stores, they talk about 1/2", 1/4" thickness etc.

[Jack]

im a young guy. metric is bogus :razz:

ever look at DIY plans from Austrailia or the like? 44cm x 24cm. 154mm MTF.. etc. Its like a whole language I dont understand :rolleyes: :lol:

[Quinn]

with the lights and fans running, my tank is at 83.5. it's hot in here thanks to those lights. my ceiling fan is gonna be working overtime this summer.

i'm only 19 and i use a lot of fahrenheit. my height, weight... however i use metric for a lot of distances. where i work i do a lot of converting so i can do smaller sizes in both. [/u]

[kari]

Emily;

Here's some info to help explain imperial units to your little one. Once you figure it out, maybe you can explain the logic behind it to me. My wife has her own similar units of length when we are on the road and she is assisting by reading maps. Her units of distance are in fingers. "Only 5 fingers and we are there"


"foot (ft or ')It may be an innovation of Henry I, who reigned from 1100 to 1135. Later in the 1100s a foot of modern length, the "foot of St. Paul's," was inscribed on the base of a column of St. Paul's Church in London, so that everyone could see the length of this new foot. From 1300, at least, to the present day there appears be little or no change in the length of the foot.

degree Fahrenheit (°F) a traditional unit of temperature still used customarily in the United States. The unit was defined by the German physicist Daniel G. Fahrenheit (1686-1736), who also invented the mercury thermometer. Fahrenheit set 0° at the coldest temperature he could conveniently achieve using an ice and salt mixture, and he intended to set 100° at the temperature of the human body. (He was off a little there; normal temperature for humans is between 98 °F and 99 °F.) On this scale, the freezing point of water (at normal sea level atmospheric pressure) turned out to be about 32 °F and the boiling point about 212 °F. Eventually the scale was precisely defined by these two temperatures. 1°F equals 5/9 °C, but in converting between scales we have to be careful to adjust the zero points as well. To convert a temperature in °F to the Celsius scale, we must first subtract 32° and then multiply by 5/9. In the other direction, to convert a temperature in °C to the Fahrenheit scale, we must first multiply by 9/5 and then add 32°. The Celsius scale is now used everywhere outside the United States, so only Americans need to remember these formulas."

This imperial units are for Cave people only :exclaim:

[EmilyB]

Here's some info to help explain imperial units to your little one.

:lol:

[ron101]

My heaters are set for 81-82F. Yesterday tank was 86F when I got home at 10pm. That's on the high side but not lethal. Nonetheless, I reinstalled the acrylic lens in my MH fixture, optimized a household fan directed across the top and plugged into a timer (I love these things :mrgreen: ), and blocked off half of my huge sliding glass doors with cardboard. These suckers face SW and turn my place into a greenhouse on hot bright afternoons. Tonight, the tank barely hit 83F.

So if you have alot of window, using shutters, awnings, or carboard (yeah it looks like hell but fish are more important :smile: ) can help keep the heat away from the tank in the first place. These really need to be used on the outside, stopping the sunlight from refracting through the glass and transferring heat.

[Dresden]

its almost 3am and i got home to a 92 degree tanks =(

[BC_Grl]

When I was learning measure in school, we learned only Imperial. Later on in high school, they tried teaching us Metric. I will probably use imperial til the day I die. I only know that 20C is about 70F and that's it. :mrgreen:

[StirCrazy]

ok I thought this might be a good time to show a product that I use and could be handy for you guys that don't know how hot your getting.

http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&product=6301032&category=Thermometers&catalog=RadioShack

this one is the step up from mine as it has humidity also. This might be handy for monituring room humidity also. The good thing about thease is that they have a memory of your lowest and highest temps, and humidity in this one also.

I have been using mine for over a year now and the probe is fine.

I am going to go buy this one myself as because of pour placement I have nocked mine into my sump twice and part of the display isn't working right. (good thing it is the indoor display part)

Steve

[psuedo]

okay, with my tank being screwed up with the temperature, I have now lost my longhorn cowfish ( with no ill effects on the tank...yet ), my cleaner shrimp and my strawberry psuedochromis. Corals seem to be fine, for now. Elegance has now doubled in size after all this stuff, and the same goes for my mushrooms. I can't seem to find my arrow crab, but I did find a recent molted shell of his. The anemone crab survived and the olive tang, and my redtail diadema, and both of my clownfish, even though my small sebae was laying on his side this morning having problems breathing. The tank temperature has now been brought somewhat under control for now, it is at 86.6, not bad for 6pm.
I am crossing my fingers for the next few days

[Sushiman]

Whoa! Just in time...I just installed a new 10000btu AC in our livingroom.
I've completely reversed the photoperiod on all the tanks' light timers & placed a desk fan on max to blow across the lights.
Time for a little fan in the sump I think...God I can't wait for the day I get a chiller!
:onfire:

[Beverly]

Temp swings are a thing of the past for us now that we have AC :cool:

Good thing we have it too, because our sub-tropical seahorses require temps between 72 and 77 F.

[Quinn]

my tank is at 86. doesn't bode well for someone who just set up their tank. and it's not even that hot out yet.

[Canadian Man]

my tank is at 86. doesn't bode well for someone who just set up their tank. and it's not even that hot out yet.

Those dam 400watter's eh :razz: :lol: :confused: :frown: :neutral: :sad:
As you can tell I don't really know what to think

[zulu_principle]

In one of my home systems I ran a 4" fan directly into the water with the lights out most of the day, great way for reducing the temp, 86 to 82.

All of the snails, came right to the top of the tank.........

Has anyone else experienced this ?


Wendell

PS As for the fishroom, tanks are fine with 5 chillers, but the fishroom was 33 degrees today..............

[Dresden]

Wendell, i had gone out and bought 3 fans yesterday andpointed them to the outside of the tank. I did notice all th snails were near the fans at the top of the tank too

[zulu_principle]

Anyone know why the snails come to the top ?

[Sushiman]

Oxygen?

[Buccaneer]

Oxygen?

Coming out to fix the damn AC ??? :smile:

[psuedo]

cause they want to get out of the hot water?? or maybe they want to cross a road or something??haha..
I do notice this though, my snails are always at the top of the water at night time, maybe it is a temperature difference

[Aquattro]

Looks like a cooler day here. My tank is 2 degrees (79F) colder than it normally is. Too many fans on it today :-)

[bongy]

Dawn heat wave...

I lost 4 colonies (2 yellow cap, 1 pink mill, 1 shao's coral) and endless amount of frags. Even my Xenia is not doing well.

My tank goes up to 90F yesterday. I usually keep my tank around 80F - 84F. I just bought a new fan from Canadian Tire yesterday and now the temp drops back to around 81F.

Another tips to further reduce temp is to turn off the actinic. Corals doesn't need the actinic to survive. For me, that's 220watt of tube, so it makes some different. I forgot about that until too late.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Bongy

[Chad]

What seems very funny to me is that everyone seems so unprepared for the heat :cool: . I have been doing aquariums for a few years now atleast and am usualy not too worried about temp now since my first summer with aquariums. I donno, I just thought most ppl would be used to this by now :question:

[Samw]

Sorry to hear Bongy. Have you considered changing the time of day that you turn on your MH lights? Maybe have them turn on in the early morning around 4am and off by 12pm and then on again at 8pm-12:30 am. Or just go 9pm-11am (14 hours) or something like that. You can leave your PC lights on at the regular times. Would that work or would that be too disruptive to the corals?

[zulu_principle]

I think your right chad most people should be and are aware.

But over the "reefing months" when most people add to their aquariums, new pumps, bulbs, etc. and forget what the warm weather is like it comes as a surprise.

We are fortunate that it only happens a couple of times per year, but without the cost a chiller it certainly makes the hobby a little more affordable for most.

As for lights, in my home aquarium, no chiller I had the lights off for most of the day and just turned on for the few hours before bed for feeding.

JMHO


Wendell

[Aquattro]

As for preparation, I'm running different bulbs and ballasts than I was last summer, and they add a lot of heat that, although I expected, wasn't prepared for. At least not this early in the summer. Even today I didn't go above 82 F, showing that the last 2 days were especially warm. My next purchase is a chiller though.....

[bongy]

Yes, if the current fan is not enough, the next thing I will do is start changing the photo period. I did that last year but I tried not to do it as I want to look at the tank too! :razz:

I am kind of surprise that the tank is heating up so quickly. Comparing to previous years, I just don't feel that the weather is that hot yet. That's why I forgot to replace the broken fan I have last year.

Oh well, the worst has yet to come.

[pocilipora]

My heat is fine. Ive got an Air conditioner. :cool:

[BC_Grl]

Braggart... :cool:
I'm staying in a 5th floor apartment and it is cooking up here! I would hate to have an aquarium up here...

[Samw]

Hi Bongy.
If it still gets too hot, try using just PC lights during the day and replace your actinics with 10,000K bulbs. You can still view your tank but won't get the heat. Then, turn on your MH at night. Just another strategy to consider in case the heat problems get worse.

[StirCrazy]

the last few days were breaking heat records also not a "normal" begining to June.

Steve

[Quinn]

i just placed two 6" clip-on fans above the water in my sump. the temperature was 83.7 at the time. it was almost at 87 last night by the time the lights went off. we'll see where it ends up tonight.

[Beverly]

i just placed two 6" clip-on fans above the water in my sump. the temperature was 83.7 at the time. it was almost at 87 last night by the time the lights went off. we'll see where it ends up tonight.

Quinn,

Are you folks having a heat wave down there or something?

Man, it's colder than h*ll up here for the past few days :eek: Just leaving the windows open has been keeping our tanks cool.

[Quinn]

naw, even with this rainy weather, my bedroom is a sauna. when jon said it would be warm this summer he wasn't joking. i won't need to turn on the furnace this winter.