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View Poll Results: Is your aquarium doing well in the summer heat? | |
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No.
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07-15-2008, 10:42 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kingston, NY
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Luck, I guess. A/C set at 77 degrees, heater set at 79. Tank at 80-81 degrees. 80 at night, 81 during the day. No chiller, no fans, no metal halides.
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38 Gallon (restarted 6-14-08 ). 30lbs LR, 40lbs LS, 10g sump/fuge with Chaeto and Mangroves, Current 4x39w T5HO lighting, 2 Koralia #1, AquaC Remora. 2 small colonies of polyps, Cleanup crew (50 Dwarf Ceriths, 16 Florida Ceriths, 10 Nassarius Vibex, 14 Blue-leg Hermits, 1 Limpet).
20 Gallon. 15lbs LR, 20lbs Crushed Coral (replacing with LS), 65w Current PC lighting, SeaClone 100 (replacing with a Remora), Skilter 250, 2 Powersweep 212's. | 
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07-15-2008, 10:43 PM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
Posts: 1,789
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Mine is doing pretty good. Seems my kenya tree is the first to let me know it's getting warm. I keep the curtains/blinds/windows closed in the day and open at night.I also keep a fan running. I'm glad I didn't spend a bunch of money on a chiller. Definitely thought I was going to need one. | |
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07-15-2008, 10:51 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Wales, PA Age: 19
Posts: 171
Karma: 56
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i thought with my halides i would need a chiller but i guess being the basement helped no need for a chiller or fans just a small heater | |
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07-15-2008, 10:54 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
Posts: 1,086
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Well it has been scorching hot outside, but my tank's temperature remains
around 76º to 78º steady, the a/c runs all the time which keeps the house around 70º to 74º the tank and sump both have no cover over the water surface, I also keep a higher than normal level in my sump and my light are T-5ho they come on around 3:30pm and go out close to midnight. a lot of people question why do I run my lights so late, my answer to that is, I like them to come on where I can enjoy the view when i am home.
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07-16-2008, 12:00 AM
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| | Millepora
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
Posts: 905
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i've said yes - but sometimes it still does get a little too hot and everything shrivels.
Also i can't seem to maintain a steady temp, but so far nothing seems to mind the fluctuation
Fish are fine tho _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | |
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07-16-2008, 12:24 AM
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| | Millepora
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Shelton, Washington Age: 44
Posts: 942
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My tank runs 78 at night and 79-80 during the heat of the day. My A/C is set at 76. My PCs are generating some heat and I have not installed fans to counter that. Summer has been kind to me and my livestock. Of course, the Pacific Northwest is not that bad. _________ 75g HW: 20g L Sump, ETSS PS w/Mag9, Ext OF/Rio 2100 RTN, MJ AC 2K3 PH's (2600GPH ttl flow), 300W htr, Gnd Prb, Denitrator, UV, PCs: 2x65, 4x55 Fish: Ylw Tang, LM Blenny, Hmbg, Ylw-tail, Ylw Dmsls, Mrn Clown, LN Hwkfsh (sm), Coral Beauty, Mgnta Dttbk. Inverts: Snls/HCs, CBS, Sandstar, Condy Anen, Tube Worms. Frags: Frogspawn, Plsng Xenia. Corals: GSP, Zoas, Shrooms, Lobo Brain, Turbinaria. Other: 120# LR, 1-2" LS DOB 5/7/08 10g Mtd Pair Fls Perculas, HC/TS, 10# LR, 12lbs LS K-Nano PH AC-30  | |
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07-16-2008, 12:55 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arvada, CO Age: 24
Posts: 43
Karma: 39
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I have no ac in my house here in denver which has been in the mid 90's. I had to make a plexiglass riser for the hood so my halide is a bit higher over the water and i have put a fan in it. Top offs every day and it goes from 77 at night to 80 during the day window always open as it is always shaded.
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28 gallon JBJ Nano Cube HQI, 16 pounds of DIY live Rock, 10 pounds of Sealife live rock. 20 pounds of Black live sand. 1 false perc, 1 starry blennie, 1 orangespotted watchman goby, 1 pistol shrimp, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 porcelain crab, 1 red mithrax crab. torch coral, trumpet coral, various zoanthids, 3 ricordea | 
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07-16-2008, 01:13 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Alaska
Posts: 66
Karma: 125
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Even though our tank is still relatively new, our tank is doing well, our temperature is usually around 75-78 degrees. I guess it helps that the weather here has been around 65 during the day and 55 at night! (I'm still not used to this Alaska weather, it would be in the upper 80's or even the 90's back at home in Hawaii!)
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i AM McLovin! | |
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07-16-2008, 02:42 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NE Ohio Age: 31
Posts: 119
Karma: 118
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So far so good ac runs non stop however we havent had any really bad days yet so we will see.....
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20 gallon nano
1 Bar Goby, 1 Black Clownfish, and 1 Pseudochromis
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72 gallon bowfront
2 Yellow Tailed Damsels, 2 Clownfish, 2 Green Cromies, 1 Hippo Tang, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Six Line Wrasse, 1 Scissortail Goby, and 1 Coral Beauty | |
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