whats your temperature right now?

[SurfOnH20]

78 all day with the dual mh 250s. Thank God I bought a new chiller..

 

[Mchava]

mine stay at 78.5 at night and 80 durring mid day(hottes point) w/chiller and AC set at 80, since the sun hits my room from 10-5pm its gets realy hot in there

 

[andiruleu]

mines 75.9 right now with no lights... haha

 

[GTR]

79-80 in the SPS system and 79-80 in the soft coral tanks in San Bernardino. Tanks are in the back shop and the swamp cooler has been on for about 10 days non-stop.
The SPS system has 5 fans on a controller and the soft coral system has a 1/4 hp JBJ. I should be picking up a Corallife 1/2hp for the SPS system Saturday PM.

Other than that it's hot as heck here and I'm going home to the AC and Corona. :lol:

SteveU

 

[supernareg]

83-86 here WITH constantly putting ice bottles in there to keep it steady ... for past week its been like that

 

[bennyinca]

79.5 with one lasko fan blowing along the T5's. One fan in sump, no chiller.

 

[Yinger]

84.5 here right now without the chiller running. No point since its cycling... At night time it drops to about 82. no fans

 

[NicoleC]

Best fan placement is pointing directly down over the water, a few inches away. Eggcrate a must here! If you can't cool your tank at least 3F is a simple desk-size slip-in fan (~5") you have got issues.

Second best is inside the canopy, IMO.

 

[glaudds]

Currently 81.5, with an in sump fan on a controller, no chiller, and the house AC running.

 

[bromion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7660889#post7660889 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by andiruleu
mines 75.9 right now with no lights... haha

You might want to consider using a heater to minimize temperature swings and pick a higher set-point, depending on what you keep. Many reefs have naturally warmer waters (around 80F-84F), but in the aquarium the fast temperature swings are most dangerous.

I keep my minimum temp at ~80F with a heater and try to maintain <82F with fans and light control. Without the heater, nightime temp would often drop to the mid-70s, which would be too large a difference for my comfort.

 

[ezcompany]

84.7.... just put a ice pack in,..

 

[Bebo77]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7660889#post7660889 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by andiruleu
mines 75.9 right now with no lights... haha

thats too low... you should have it at least at 77

 

[Entropy]

79 in the morning, 81 at the end of the day (halides and VHO). One fan on a temp controller. I am evaping about 2.5 gallons a day.

 

[818]

My cousin made this sweet DIY Chiller.

A 22.5g igloo Ice Chest. 2 holes in Ice chest. 15ft of return line)Around 10 feet coiled in the chest.
He fills the igloo up with tap water then froze 2-2ltr frozen bottles of water. In themorning when they are melted he has 2 more frozen oneswaiting in the freezer...I was amazed at his creativeness!!

He doesnt have AC but his fish are living it up...

Sam

 

[GinaSofia]

I thought I was OK with a maximum high of 81.3 with two in-canopy fans plus a clip-on.

But, apparently not..after more than a week of this heat it seems I'm losing 1 scoly and 1 tooth/meat brain,frogspawn isn't looking so hot either but all other LPS,clams,fish and shrimp are fine.I wish I would've gone in on the chiller buy.

 

[818]

Gina If the heat continues, and you have 20 bux in your purse, make the one I posted above

 

[Fmellish]

98.6


Hey, I'm just answering the thread title.

 

[andiruleu]

i thought things in the fish tank likes 72-77... cuz thats what i was looking up on liveaquaria.com or something...

 

[cthetoy]

When the weather was humid last week I needed 2 fans to keep my water below 83 at the max. Normally I can keep it less than 82 with just one 9" fan on medium speed.

 

[moonpod]

78