Going to be a scorcher - time for Reverse photoperiod

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Western Canada is going to get a short heat wave so maybe consider shutting off your lights or going to a reverse photoperiod (lights on at night) to keep your tanks from over heating.

Anthony

[Myka]

I bet you guys are! Yesterday was 33 degrees here! Woohoo!

[MKLKT]

Yeah, I think I lost a few livestock due to the heat, my coral and fish are fine but some of the small inverts appeared to have cooked :(

[Aquattro]

Love my chiller :)

[Dez]

Love my LEDs :)

[The Grizz]

Love my chiller :)

+1000000 I recently got a chiller and I could not be happier. My 8'er only moves a degree or 2 all day.

[The Grizz]

Love my LEDs :)

How are the LEDs doing there Dez BTW?

[Myka]

I can't believe you guys have so many heat issues. You guys don't have central air conditioning maybe? If it's that bad...just keep the halides off for a day or two. Cloudy days happen on the reefs all the time!

[spawn]

I just aim a fan at my tank & it only warms up about 2 degrees to 80f, (on the main floor)& we don't have AC. But the house temp gets up to about 25-26, so it's a little hot for sleeping, but we have a ceiling fan for that.

[kien]

love my central AC. People get hot too, not just fish!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I have a portable 12000 BTU AC so I'm fine & my tanks are usually fine in the heat. Just thought I'd remind people since every summer we read lots of horror stories online about people losing livestock due to heat issues. September is late for a heat wave & might catch reefers unaware or not expecting such a late heat wave.

Anthony

[The Grizz]

I can't believe you guys have so many heat issues. You guys don't have central air conditioning maybe? If it's that bad...just keep the halides off for a day or two. Cloudy days happen on the reefs all the time!

I have A/C as well but the living room where my tanks are was an addition & the builder put in floor heat so there is no duct work for the A/C, stupid builder :twised:

[don.ald]

we have central air too. for those two days of the year when its needed/:mrgreen:
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[Myka]

I have A/C as well but the living room where my tanks are was an addition & the builder put in floor heat so there is no duct work for the A/C, stupid builder :twised:

You're a welder...you can't be a tin basher for a day? :p

[The Grizz]

You're a welder...you can't be a tin basher for a day? :p

I did add I a couple vents at the doorway pointed into the room but still need to add a booster fan to drive more air into the room. The other down fall to my 8'er is there are to many submersible pumps in the sump, 4 internal 3 external. New tank will be run off one & only one pump.

[wingedfish]

Tough to live without a/c here. we can hit 40+ as a high with 25 as a low. We never hit that this year but spent a month at 30+ highs and a week over 36. It was a hot dry summer. Spend a grand on a chiller, and your well on your way to central a\c.

[fishoholic]

My tanks are in my basement were I have the opposite problem with them getting kinda on the cool side instead of to hot. Was +30 here and my tank is at 80

[Parker]

Tough to live without a/c here. we can hit 40+ as a high with 25 as a low. We never hit that this year but spent a month at 30+ highs and a week over 36. It was a hot dry summer. Spend a grand on a chiller, and your well on your way to central a\c.

I grew up there, I don't miss the heat.


My tank is in the basement as well which stays fairly cool.

[viperfish]

I just received my utility bill from the city today and just about hit the floor! Damn it's expensive to stay cool! I don't have a problem with overheating tanks though.