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05-31-2006, 10:04 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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Could you fill soda bottles with ro water and freeze them then place these in the sump or hob and as they melt they will top up at the same time?
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05-31-2006, 12:50 PM
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| | KingFish
Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Pt. Richmond, Ca. Age: 39
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Originally Posted by Adnuces Could you fill soda bottles with ro water and freeze them then place these in the sump or hob and as they melt they will top up at the same time? | Interesting idea. But I don't see a way to control the output as it melts?  | |
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05-31-2006, 02:36 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London, ON, Canada
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My tanks usually run 84/85 in the summer, with spikes of 88 not uncommon.
My losses over the years were basically at temps over 92. | |
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06-01-2006, 08:00 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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78 to a high of 82.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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06-01-2006, 10:56 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indiana
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Well you could poke holes around the top of the bottle once it is frozen then the water would slowly leak out as it thaws into the main tank and mix.....later you would have a bottle of new tank water as the fresh mixed with the salt???? I am going to try this with a 1 litre bottle in my hob.......what is the worst that could happen....I get a bottle of water in my tank? It would be better in a sump but c'est la vie, I don't have one. | |
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06-05-2006, 01:53 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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Well I just flushed the remains of the Colt. 
BTW, I added a poor boy chiller. I went to Meynards and picked up a $7 clip on fan and placed it in the sump. I have not seen anything over 80 since I added it. It seems to have reduced the tank by 2 degrees. | |
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06-05-2006, 10:39 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Troutdale, Oregon
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I've had the same problem and after reading some of the earlier summer threads and trying the frozen soda bottles, I too found the fan solved the problem...at least so far. I'm just curious if there was a particular reason you put your fan on the sump (as opposed to attaching it to the top of the tank). I have also noticed that I have to top off more frequently since I've had the fan running, that seems rather obvious to me after the fact, but a good example of learning as you go. I can't imagine trying to do this without this forum. BTW, I'm 6 months into this now.
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AG 120 gal, Coralife Super Skimmer(220 gallon),120 lbs. of Live Fiji Rock, Pondmaster 1800 gph pump, 4-48" VHO T12 (2 Artic White, 2 Acitinic Blue)
purple tang, clarkii clowns, flame hawkfish, foxface rabbitfish, naso tang
green star polyps, sun coral, candy cane coral, green zoos, mushrooms, BTA, Brain coral | |
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06-05-2006, 10:52 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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Man...i just got my real scare...power outage from 3PM too 6AM the next morning...and there was no way to cool my tank...lucky i got my generator working and got some fans up...but no ice! Jeez...i hope there aren't any more blackouts. _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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06-05-2006, 11:44 PM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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While we are on the subject of overheating guys, does anyone know if inputing high powered fans blowing air in between the lighting and the water surface make a difference in cooling the water?
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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06-06-2006, 04:31 AM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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I have 2 two inch fans and 1 four inch fan in between my hood and water and what a difference it makes. If just 1 fans goes out the temp goes up quickly. It works for me great. | |
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