heating issues LOL

[goldenfamaliy]

Well, looks like I need to get a bigger heater for the tank now. After putting on leds, I lost my big 175 watt heater! I looked at the tank this morning and the temp was at 71. Gotta love it, I had a 100 watt heater in there, but looks like I will get a 200 watt or so to help keep the temps at 76 to 78. I did not think I would ever have a "too cold" issue (I don't think that 71 is too bad, just makes it kinda cold doing water changes etc....)

 

[TheH]

I think 71 is getting pretty low actually, I would definitely pick up a 200 watt heater. I think the minimum reef temperature is 68F. Did you lose anything in your tank?

 

[zoolan70]

I'm surprised it dropped that low now if it wasn't there before. My tank pretty much hits the bottom of my temp setting within a few hours of lights out. No matter what the room temp is, my heaters are still needed at night for at least a little while.

It is always a good idea to have two heaters, so if you need 200 watts to hold temp, but two of them and run them behind a controller. If you haven't been bitten yet, you will be at some point. I would never run a tank without at least two layers of protection from overheating and protection from a heater failure.

 

[TheH]

My understanding is that he had a 100-Watt heater and a 175-Watt heater, but the 175 stopped working.

 

[fishysteve]

I think his 175 watt heater was a halide light he switched out for an LED fixture.

 

[betteroblivion]

My understanding is that he had a 100-Watt heater and a 175-Watt heater, but the 175 stopped working.

wooosh :love1:

 

[goldenfamaliy]

yep, the 175 was the halides, I have a 100 watt and a 200 in there, tanks stays at 77 all day and all night now. It did not look like anything was affected at all.