kimboslice
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does that mean i need a bigger calcium reactor? need to dose everything in huge amounts?? do huge water changes???
lets say i add a 650 gallon resevoir
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tom obrecht
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What is your reason for adding a larger resevoir? You already have a large water volume already...right?
DrBDC
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If it is just saltwater and you don't stock it with ca/alk consuming animals, it may lower your need for the ca reactor provided you supplement your topoff with kalk. The increased water will evaporate more which allows more kalkwasser to be added. Your actual ca/alk useage will be the same. i.e. if your corals use Xgrams of each per day, they still will. Either way, the same amount of ca and alk will be consumed by your current livestock it's just how you deliver it. Did that make sense? It's early! 
kimboslice
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to control heat issues, suggested by my lfs
If you are looking to get more cooling why don't you look for more efficient ways to cool what you have now? How is your canopy, canopy fans, and/or any passive vents setup? What's the ambient air temp in your fish room? The temp where the tank is located?
Buming it up to that size of a sump means a heck of a lot more evap, which is going to increase humidity significantly. IMO, that's just going to create a domino effect causing you to have to deal with other problems down the road.
Brett
Buming it up to that size of a sump means a heck of a lot more evap, which is going to increase humidity significantly. IMO, that's just going to create a domino effect causing you to have to deal with other problems down the road.
Brett
kimboslice
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yea it was going to be an enclosed container maybe like ur 1000 gallon cistern, does that help keep the heat down??
MammothReefer
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I've thought of doing the same thing I have a 250g jug I've been thinking about plumbing into my system, let me know how it goes!
So you plan to sink this in the ground?
I guess I'm not understanding why you would go thru the effort of adding such a big sump only to go and put a lid on it? You're not going to get a whole lot of supplemental cooling that way.
Brett
I guess I'm not understanding why you would go thru the effort of adding such a big sump only to go and put a lid on it? You're not going to get a whole lot of supplemental cooling that way.
Brett
kimboslice
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no not sink it into the ground just connect it too my system, because going this way looks cheaper then running all kinda cooling devices if it works.... the big question
but i dont really know if it will work this is just what my lfs told me
but i dont really know if it will work this is just what my lfs told me
Apparition
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Well the main way it would cool off your tank is through evaporation, but if you have a lid on it then that won't help. Like the other post said, you could sink it into the ground, but if you're not doing that then it seems like you won't get too much of a benefit out of it. Eventually the water in the container will match the overall system temperature without the extra evaporation. At least, this seems like the logical thing to occur. Now if you were to leave it open and maybe place a couple of IceCap fans over it then through evaporation it would help out your heat issue.
kappaknight
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I disagree with the above post. Heaters and pumps aside, your tank water is only heated when it's directly below your lights. Therefore, if you add 650 gallons and hook it up remotely, it would take more time for your lights to heat up a larger volume of your water. (Plus while the water travels away from your lights, it would have some time to cool down a bit provided you're not holding the temperature high w/ a heater)
I would however, still keep the lid partially open. Even though it will take more effort to warm your water, you still want it to cool off somehow.
I would however, still keep the lid partially open. Even though it will take more effort to warm your water, you still want it to cool off somehow.
kimboslice
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thanks all for responses, i was told exactly what kappa knight is saying
but i keep thinking what apparition is saying is going to happen then this would be a bit of a waste to do
but i keep thinking what apparition is saying is going to happen then this would be a bit of a waste to do
kappaknight
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Well, I go through daily fluctuations where it cools down at night and warms up a few degrees during the day when the lights are on. Unless your heater is stuck and running the whole time or if you don't have AC at your house OR if you choose to run your lights for 30 days/nights straight, I don't think the temperature will just rise and rise without it trying to cool down at night.
