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View Poll Results: Is the temp of your tank going up? | |
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05-15-2006, 10:39 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fall River, MA Age: 26
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The weather here in the northeast has been kind of crappy. With my freshwater tank I usually shut off my heater because in the summer the external temp regulates my tank pretty well
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36 Gallon Bow Front
30" Aqualight
-1 True Actinic 03 Blue Power Compact
-1 10,000K Daylight Power Compact
30# Live Rock
40# Aragonite Reef Sand
CPR Bak-Pak 2 with Maxi-jet 1200
20 Gallon Sump/Refugium with Mag 7 pump w/ Pico 300 | 
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05-15-2006, 10:57 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by giopimentel The weather here in the northeast has been kind of crappy. With my freshwater tank I usually shut off my heater because in the summer the external temp regulates my tank pretty well | Waddya mean "kind of?" 
No need for me to do anything yet but when it finally does get warmer, the A/C goes on and stays on all summer | |
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05-15-2006, 11:05 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Between the air conditioner and the overhead fan the temp rarely goes over 81 degrees. Unless of course the heater gets stuck in the on position like it did 2 weeks ago and it goes up to 91 degrees. The xenia recovered. the gorgonians had a 98% die off all the lps, fish, and anemones survived... GO figure?
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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05-15-2006, 11:18 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fall River, MA Age: 26
Posts: 88
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Well I haven't had to water my grass for about a week. And the Red Sox haven't played in a while. AAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :mad: | |
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05-15-2006, 03:54 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
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Well, its almost summer and the weather is getting up there...right now i am able to keep the tank at 78. I have a little white fan aimed at the tank, right now its on the low setting...but when i lower my lights to the final height and the summer kicks off hard...i might need to use the high setting _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1x 54W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x54w Super Actinic Blue 03 T5 HO Flourescent
1x 54W 12000K Aquablue Special T5 HO Fluorescent, 1x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
100 lbs Fiji Live Rock
65 lbs Live sand
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05-15-2006, 04:12 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 403
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My was up from 78 - 82*....few weeks ago. That's for being in So. Fl., but it's nice at the beach.
Gonna have to put up a fan soon.
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
25 Snails | |
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05-15-2006, 04:29 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida Age: 34
Posts: 291
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I just eat the electric bill and keep the ac at maximum of 77 degrees. Also got the 4" Icecap variable speed fan on when the lights come on blowing cool air in. I leave the closet doors open where the sump and fuge are for circulation. _________ "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing"
Albert Einstein
125 G reef ready. 3 175W MH XM 15K bulbs, Berlin turbo skimmer, 18W turbo twist UV, wet/dry, and a diy refugium, Little Giant 3-MDQX-SC return, 3 MAXIJET 1200 and 1 900gph. Phosban reactor with half phos media and half carbon. I have a false yellow, Dog face puffer, damsel,Panther Grouper, Foxface, percula clown and some LR | |
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05-15-2006, 05:57 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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I read a really good idea. You fill a 2L bottle with water, freeze it, and put it in your sump and it keeps the temp down really easily. I've even read that you can fill it with RO water, freeze it, and leave the cap off so as it thaws, the RO simply goes into your tank. Or you could freeze tank water, too. Sounds like a good idea to me.............. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Fuzzy Dwarf Lion, Mandarin Dragonette, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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05-15-2006, 05:58 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 20
Posts: 3,406
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Yup, we did at in the lab for the 180 tank...somone left the metal halides on too long O.o
Works great, didnt think to leave the cap off...thats a cool idea. KARMA! | |
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