Temp Problems

[tenwhiteduke]

Yesturday I ran my lamps with the fans all day for the first time, came home, and found that my temps were up to 84. Is this a severe problem? I has been running high from the get go. 80 is the usual temperature.

So last night I purchase a iceprobe online, waiting for it to arrive.

Does anyone have any other ideas or comments where I can get the temps down into the green hopefully around 78. I would rather not have to buy a chiller if I dont have to.

I have a Aquapod24. I also ordered two vantec fans to replace the originals, they are loud and maybe the new ones will work better.

 

[Lion_Babe]

Everyone I know that lives in FL and that is a bunch have to run chillers. Now on the other hand....the ones in WI just laugh at the idea. lol
Good luck!

 

[tenwhiteduke]

Yes that may be true, but when your freezing your buns off, we are laughing in the 70 degree weather.

 

[Lion_Babe]

70...that's almost hot! This morning it was 40 and we are all wearing tshirts. I don't get out my winter coat until it is below zero out. Other than that it is just a hoodie and mittens. lol I guess we all adapt to where we live.
Good luck with the high tank temps!

 

[dkh0331]

When you say fans, what specifically do you have? Do you have a fan blowing directly on your tank?

 

[tenwhiteduke]

Im talking about the cooling fans in the top of a Aquapod that I have, I guess thats the same as a Nanopod. They are the standard fans like computer fans (2) they are noisey too. So I ordered Vantec Stealth fans that was mentioned here at RC to replace the originals. I also ordered this Iceprobe, which is suppose to be great for Nanocubes.

 

[dkh0331]

A lot of people, including myself, have success buying a $7 clip on fan and blowing it directly onto their sump/tank. It drops my temp 2-3 degree's in the few months of summer.

 

[tenwhiteduke]

Everything is enclosed on a Aquapod/Nanocube. That wont work.

 

[Young Frankenstein]

Isolate the fans and lamps from the top of water with a thick piece of glass. Thats what I did here in Miami and the temperature with 2 MH 175w increases only by 1.5 deg the most after 10hrs.

 

[tenwhiteduke]

Can you freeze RO/DI and put a chunk in the rear sump?? Just until my Iceprobe shows up and gets installed???

 

[darkwolf29a]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9549562#post9549562 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lion_Babe
70...that's almost hot! This morning it was 40 and we are all wearing tshirts. I don't get out my winter coat until it is below zero out. Other than that it is just a hoodie and mittens. lol I guess we all adapt to where we live.
Good luck with the high tank temps!

70 degrees is cause for a celebration in WI...we all go to the beach and try not to trip over each other. LMAO

I'm glad I don't have to worry about the whole too much heat thing. It's easier to add heat than take it away.

 

[rooroo]

When I lost AC on one of the hottest days of summer last year, my tank never rose above 85 degrees. I've heard from a few people on here that it can rise as much as 89 degrees before you have dieoff.

What I did was freeze bottles of water, for my tank I used a few 2 liter soda bottles but you can use a small water bottle, and floated them in the tank. I actually floated mine in my sump but in the tank will work too. You have to be careful that the temperature doesn't drop too rapidly or too low. I put a bottle in for 10-20 minutes, then took it out and refroze it, then maybe an hour later put it in again. It was a lot of effort but the fans wernt quite cutting it.

The other thing you can do is turn your lights off until the ice probe gets there. A week or so without lights won't hurt your corals.

 

[Lion_Babe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9550037#post9550037 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tenwhiteduke
Can you freeze RO/DI and put a chunk in the rear sump?? Just until my Iceprobe shows up and gets installed???

Yes you can! It does work or so I have heard from friends in warmer states.
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