temp
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signman
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ok i have a 75g that i have set at 79 and may go up to 85 when the lights are on. my corals all look ok but my green finger leather don't seem to open lately. all water levels are great
ph 8.3
amm 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
phos 0
salt 1.023
cal 475
lights are 260 pc 20k
2 250 mh 15k xm bulbs
my lfs said that i don't have enough 10k
from what i read that finger leather don't need much light
but i think the temp is going to high. i do have 2 4" cooling fans in the hood
i feed dt's every other day and kent zooplex on the other.
need help from someone that has been there.
going to move to a bigger tank in the next month if every one is doing well.
ph 8.3
amm 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
phos 0
salt 1.023
cal 475
lights are 260 pc 20k
2 250 mh 15k xm bulbs
my lfs said that i don't have enough 10k
from what i read that finger leather don't need much light
but i think the temp is going to high. i do have 2 4" cooling fans in the hood
i feed dt's every other day and kent zooplex on the other.
need help from someone that has been there.
going to move to a bigger tank in the next month if every one is doing well.
misfit
Active Member
Signman that is a big temp swing shouldnt change more than 2 degrees or so during the course of the day. do you have a sump? bmaybe put a fan to cool sump ,worked for me.Cause where I live ,I dont really need a chiller, just on warm days before we put the A.C. on in the house. So on those days I put the fan on.Also have 4 fans in canopy, 2 going out . 2 pulling air in.
fallnhorse
Member
best advice on temperture i have found is learn where your creatures live. There are different section of the reef that have of course different temps. You can do you homework on the rest. I keep my tank at 75f. Everyone seems happy.
tank watch
Member
mine is currently 81.2. I just put the temp gage in yesterday, and it read 83.5. Yikes! I turned the heater down from 79 to about 75 know. Funny how these work. Gonna check it in the morning...
misfit
Active Member
Originally Posted by robPSca
yea you would think the damn heaters would keep the tank at the temp you set them on ours is at 79 but the tank is 82
If you set it at 79 and it is "on" and tank is 82 you might have a heater issue. It should only click back on when temp dips down below 79. I had this happen once, that God I was home or it would have cooked my tank :scared:
yea you would think the damn heaters would keep the tank at the temp you set them on ours is at 79 but the tank is 82
If you set it at 79 and it is "on" and tank is 82 you might have a heater issue. It should only click back on when temp dips down below 79. I had this happen once, that God I was home or it would have cooked my tank :scared:
newfishguy
Member
80 - 82.
It doesn't really matter. Just keep it consistent.
I know people with a large reef and run it at 76.
It doesn't really matter. Just keep it consistent.
I know people with a large reef and run it at 76.
ray28576
Member
My heater broke one time, I noticed the light on the heater was staying on, so I looked at the thermometer and it read 91 degrees, I thought for sure my fish were gone. They all lived though. I cooled it done by throwing an ice pack in the water. I have never trusted heaters since.
ctgretzky9
Member
steady 80-81 all year.
In the summer, I use a small clip on fan to blow across the water. Evaporative cooling works great. You just have to watch the top off water.
In the summer, I use a small clip on fan to blow across the water. Evaporative cooling works great. You just have to watch the top off water.