Heat problem!!!

[chilidog]

I just set up my 90 gal tanc and was testing all my equipment.After a day of testing in freshwater my temp was 85 degrees.I turned my heater down to see if the temp would lower but it didnt.My room gets 85-90 deg in the summer so what should i do?AC?I dont have cash for a chiller and im only using Normal output lights to cure my rock until i get VHOs.

 

[michael7979]

CHEAP CHILLER!!!
Take a cooler and puy in alot of air line tubing, stick one end of the tube outside the cooler and the other to a powerhead or pump, then fill the cooler with ice and the cool air will lower the temp. sometimes this works better for some then others. Give it a try. HTH

 

[bigarn]

You can turn the heater off completely if it's that warm in your room. How do you take it !
The heck with the tank, get an air conditioner for yourself!

 

[eg_hatch]

Evaporation-->Buy a small fan and have it blow across your water surface, it helps me to bring my tank down two degrees..

 

[golfish]

with your rooming being that hot during the summer you'd be better off with a room AC and some fans blowing. Once you switch over the VHO's its going to be a whole new ball game and you better bring a hat cause its going to be hottttt

 

[yaksplat]

I agree with the evaporation. I have 192W PC on my 55 and a fan keeps it at a consistent 80ºF. Actually i think that It would lower the temperature even more if given the chance, but my heater is set at 80ºF also. Without the fan I have had my tank raise to 94ºF. That was very bad.
Jim

 

[fishrfriends]

I've been having the same problem with my 10 gallon mini-reef. Hot days, PC lights, no AC ... hot fish/corals.
What seems to work for me, although its a PIA.... I had 2 gallons of aged seawater which I stuck in the refrigerator. I took 2 gallons out of the tank, and slow dripped the 2 from the refrigerator in - keep going back and forth every couple hours on a really hot day. Lot of work, but I'm home for the summer.
Also - other people have recommended freezing seawater in ice cube trays, then adding them, or using the small lunchbox ice packs (enclosed in ziplock bags so no leakage problems).
Maybe one of these might work ... :notsure:
Anyway - September's here, so it shouldn't be a problem too much longer (depending on where you live).
Good luck!

 

[chilidog]

thx for all the help.Ill be trying some ideas out soon.