Do corals generate heat???

speg

speg

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It's not the evolution, but I do have a Koralia nano powerhead. I'm surprised they get so hot since they require such low energy to work. I wonder if I should try to leave it off a while and see if that's the cause.
 
speg

speg

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3.5..but yeah, like I've been saying..it's just weird how the problem gets worse in weird 1-month intervals and stops at a certain temp and then climbs higher about a month later..
going to clean out the koralia and see what happens.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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I had the same issue. I was beating my head against the wall, I now keep it off and just turn it on for an hour or so each day. But keeping it off and bumping up the clean up crew was the only thing that worked. I hope you have better luck.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3283890
Did you say if you were still using the stock pump? You're not, right?
Me, or the original poster?
I do ... I tore apart all of the back chambers and the stock pump for the BioCube is the only thing that still fits in there that I know of.
 
speg

speg

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Cleaning the Koralia didn't change anything...next I may try and leave it off like BTLD and see what happens.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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I hope that works for you ... it is the only thing that changed my problem and thankfully the CUC has picked up their weight in cleaning up what doesn't get pushed around as much. The worst part of me was that this is a very, very heavily fed tank and in a 14G that can be disasterous without the extra flow.
 
speg

speg

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So this whole situation has been freaking me out.... I've cleaned everthing, checked everything, thought of everything.... I finally gave up today...
I decided to let the tank temp climb just to see how far it would go... It got to 89 degrees today and the coral looked......wonderful.
That's when I decided to check one last piece of equipment...
I pulled out my "big digital temp alert" and let it sit outside of the tank...
After an hour I looked at the temp readings...
The inside (room) temp was: 72 degrees.
The in tank (which is out of the tank) temp is: 82.4 degrees.
So this seems to be my problem....
My other "big digital temp alert" in my 46 gallon (not really up and running yet) says that the in tank temp is 54 degrees but has a correct outside temp...
Apparently these things go bad after a while!
 
speg

speg

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So basically....if I can count on this thing at all..that basically shows me that the tank is running at 81 degrees...
I still don't understand why the temp would be increasing during the night..but maybe a new temp gage will end up telling me some truths.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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LOL...You mean to tell me you did ALL of that and never checked the thermometer
I have like 3 per tank....one of those electronic ones you shoot in the water.....and a few extra floaties.....JIC.....
sometimes it IS the simple things....;)
 
speg

speg

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I never thought to check it because I had checked it at the begining of the year when I was starting the tank. I don't really understand why it would mess up so easily/quickly..but oh well.. just ordered a new one on the bay since stores around here don't carry them.
I think I will get a stick-on just as an emergancy backup though.
good suggestion.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Just so you know......I have been following this thread....I didn't want you to think I just jumped in....;)
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Speg
http:///forum/post/3284460
I know you stalk my threads. It's cool.
I guess I stalk all threads....LOL....I find that even if the thread has nothing to do with you....one day it might....I have learned a lot from that thought :)
 
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