How stable do you keep your temperature?

[The Grizz]

My heater has never even been plugged in. Summer time my tank almost hit 90 so in went the chiller. Now that it winter and my in floor heat is on I still need the chiller but it does not work as hard.


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[Lance]

225g: 78 to 80 summer: 78 to 81

90g: 77.5 to 79 summer: 77.5 to 79

[Blom]

78.5 +/- 0.5

LED's dont seem to add any heat what so ever and the profilux keeps the temp stable.... almost flat line stable.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Fair enough I had a small unit inside for a while, and ya, it kept my house "warm". My new large chiller is outside. It also runs so infrequently that it doesn't cost much, so overall a good way for me to manage temps.

My canopy doesn't have any fans in it either. I'm sure I could get it down another couple degrees if I installed fans up there, but I just haven't gotten around to that. The sump has fans...I accidentally left the fans on overnight lastnight and the tank is now at 75F. Oops. I don't have room on the halide timer to put the fans on there, and the T5s don't run while the halides are on. That's something I should get around to fixing too...

[lastlight]

I'm certainly not selling my chiller I'll say that. It's underpowered for the volume I run now but I need to see how things work in the summer. Basement will still be cool but it's safe to assume not quite as cool.

Someone was over yesterday and when I explained how the ranco worked and that i didn't want to run a chiller due to energy use they reminded me of my lighting. guess i gotta try where i can tho

[Myka]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Someone was over yesterday and when I explained how the ranco worked and that i didn't want to run a chiller due to energy use they reminded me of my lighting. guess i gotta try where i can tho

Every watt counts.

[Brightwhite]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Ive got a two degree swing due to the lights......76-78 ish

Same. Mines due to the lights and the 30ft of plumbing it has to reach the sump.

[cwatkins]

Mine swings from min 78 to max 81 when the controller switches from MH to PC.

I only hit 81 in the summer. Usually it maxes out around 80.7 each day.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I'm certainly not selling my chiller I'll say that. It's underpowered for the volume I run now but I need to see how things work in the summer. Basement will still be cool but it's safe to assume not quite as cool.

Someone was over yesterday and when I explained how the ranco worked and that i didn't want to run a chiller due to energy use they reminded me of my lighting. guess i gotta try where i can tho

I've never seen my tank above 81/82 and that was at the tail end of a heatwave, stands to reason because you have more water volume and lower wattage lighting you should be fine.

[dsaundry]

78-80 on the button now with a chiller and controller in place.