Anyone gets a little bit warmness in their tanks today?

[ngvu1]

It has been warmer yesterday and today. I had to activate my mini-temp release chiller once. Maybe do 2 more later when the lights are on. Tank is 78.5 currently before the T5s are on. Stay cool everyone!

I hope the weather forecast guys are right. They said it would be 82 today, but apparently the forecast is way off. I'm not home tomorrow :-(

 

[newe70]

My tank temp is hovering around 80 deg for the last couple of days. I have a fan blowing into the sump. No ice needed yet.

 

[xmas_one]

Garage frag tank was 82, time to drag out the fans..

 

[ep3n3wp]

Hopefully its supposed to start cooling off...

My tank got up to 80 and the wife's tank got up to 81.7(but its just cycling) so we are alternating frozen water bottles for her tank..

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[ngvu1]

My fans have been running since morning

 

[Reefcube29]

My tank is sitting at 85.6 n my Ac is cranked all the way up. No money for a chiller and I live in desert hot springs next to Palm springs, been around 110 everyday lately. Also this is with ice bottles floating..

 

[ngvu1]

My tank is sitting at 85.6 n my Ac is cranked all the way up. No money for a chiller and I live in desert hot springs next to Palm springs, been around 110 everyday lately. Also this is with ice bottles floating..

Sorry to hear Jim,
Switch the light schedule to night time helps a tiny bit, but not much during the summer. My house is above 85 but the tank is just hovering 78.5 to 80 with the fans......every summer we hear similar stories :-(
Btw, the chiller is pretty cheap compare to its bill in your condition. Its an expensive hobby.

 

[xmas_one]

Jim, get with the fans man! My setup is already down to 78 in like an hour and a half! Granted it's only 65 total gallons, but a four degree drop in a little over an hour I'm sure is beating anybody futzing around with ice bottles.

 

[Zoarder]

Jim, get with the fans man! My setup is already down to 78 in like an hour and a half! Granted it's only 65 total gallons, but a four degree drop in a little over an hour I'm sure is beating anybody futzing around with ice bottles.

Fans only helps so much, depending on the room temperature. I can keep 100 gallons at 80, but my 200 my chiller kicks in every so often even with fans...

 

[Reefing8EZ]

My tank is sitting at 85.6 n my Ac is cranked all the way up. No money for a chiller and I live in desert hot springs next to Palm springs, been around 110 everyday lately. Also this is with ice bottles floating..

Dang Jim! Sorry to hear bro. I got a dual fan you can have for free! Wish I had a chiller to give ya!

 

[xmas_one]

Fans only helps so much, depending on the room temperature. I can keep 100 gallons at 80, but my 200 my chiller kicks in every so often even with fans...

What's your room temp?

 

[ngvu1]

Fans only helps so much, depending on the room temperature. I can keep 100 gallons at 80, but my 200 my chiller kicks in every so often even with fans...

One of the reasons i'm hesitating to go bigger is temperature... the huge return pump... And Lighting... it can get really expensive. I guess solar makes sense then. Oh well, i am running out of room in my tank now.

 

[Zoarder]

One of the reasons i'm hesitating to go bigger is temperature... the huge return pump... And Lighting... it can get really expensive. I guess solar makes sense then. Oh well, i am running out of room in my tank now.

Lol yeah I don't wanna know how much my bill is gonna be after adding my 120 gallon frag tank, have 300 gallons in my living room haha

 

[Reefcube29]

Got the tank down to 84.9 now. Wow this heat out here is no fun. Lol

 

[lowbudget]

My tank is sitting at 85.6 n my Ac is cranked all the way up. No money for a chiller and I live in desert hot springs next to Palm springs, been around 110 everyday lately. Also this is with ice bottles floating..

Try switching light schedule to start on at 12am Try come fans for evap cooling but make sure you top off

 

[lowbudget]

Fans only helps so much, depending on the room temperature. I can keep 100 gallons at 80, but my 200 my chiller kicks in every so often even with fans...

The larger the water volume the better

 

[Zoarder]

The larger the water volume the better

Can't argue with that...

 

[lowbudget]

What's your room temp?

How dry the air is more important. My garage hovers around 90-92. And my tank is at 79.6

 

[lowbudget]

The larger the water volume the better

The larger the water volume the longer it takes for the temp to change.

 

[Zoarder]

How dry the air is more important. My garage hovers around 90-92. And my tank is at 79.6

Very dry in LA even with windows open and no AC but I got my chiller so I'm good