skooter571
New member
the tank hit 88.6 today and is now 80.5. The only saviour is i\i hooked up the RODI unit to the ice maker so my topoff is RODI icecubes to the sump.
tooo hot! tank temps rising.. what is too hot? what temp is your tank?
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dannieboiz
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A lot of us are putting ice packs into the sump, then removing them later. You can't be topping off forever.
make sure you do it slow or else you'll put your entire tank in shock with the dramatic temp swing.
Lordhelmet
Active member
I sure hope my tank gets through this, i'm getting a 4-6 temp swing every day. last i checked with the lights being off all day and a fan right in the sump it's at 83 which is only 2 deg warmer then this morning. which didn't cool off all the way anyway last night.
rleechb
New member
Mine's been pretty brutal as well. Have to keep the a/c running most of the day. I had it off from 6pm to 9pm, and came home to an 85 degree tank (6 degree swing). Thankfully I don't have anything but an rbta/fish/cleanup crew in the tank at this point. When I get the halides over the tank this week, I expect the water to boil.
dannieboiz
Active member
don't waste your money. Probes are only good for nano's get a chiller if you have to.
Qwiv
Persistant Perspective
I have a chiller, that I have really never used available.
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merc...uct_Code=PC-CL-280&Category_Code=pacificcoast
Should keep a smaller tank cool.
$250 for a BAR member.
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merc...uct_Code=PC-CL-280&Category_Code=pacificcoast
Should keep a smaller tank cool.
$250 for a BAR member.
Vincerama2
Active member
My tank hit about 96 and yes, most things are now dead.
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Lordhelmet
Active member
Ice cubes in a bag tossed in the sump have been the only thing that has saved my tank. came home from going out to eat and the tank was 85.8. lights went off and 2 full bags of ice went in.
stubbsz
New member
Brutal. While I ran the generator I had no lights and I didn't run the fan. It got up to 85.. when it usually runs at 82 with Halides blazing. I don't think the lack of light hurt. I'd recommend people run for a day or two with the lights off and a fan running rather than let the temp climb too high. Sorry V, I know that doesn't help you. I can't imagine how that feels, I was in a big panic trying to find a generator in stock with one fish dead and three flapping their gills.
Vincerama2
Active member
Guys, look into the Penn Plax B11 air pump. It's a battery powered air pump that you plug in and it turns on only when AC power is cut. It's like a UPS for air pumps. It runs on D batteries and should help with mortality when you lose power and the pumps fail.
My temps are back to "normal" around 80-82 and I'm waiting to see what survived. I did a water change last night to help it out (I should have done a water change immeditately to dip temps on Saturday)
I froze large (tupperware) chunks of RO/DI. I just tossed them right into the sump and had a fan blowing across the top of the water (I'm going to rig some comp fans into my hood to prevent this in the future). The fan evaporates water as it cools, so the RO/DI icebergs (in the return pump section so it wouldn't kill even more corals) were really frozen top offs.
V
My temps are back to "normal" around 80-82 and I'm waiting to see what survived. I did a water change last night to help it out (I should have done a water change immeditately to dip temps on Saturday)
I froze large (tupperware) chunks of RO/DI. I just tossed them right into the sump and had a fan blowing across the top of the water (I'm going to rig some comp fans into my hood to prevent this in the future). The fan evaporates water as it cools, so the RO/DI icebergs (in the return pump section so it wouldn't kill even more corals) were really frozen top offs.
V
