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03-16-2008, 11:30 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: mesquite texas Age: 15
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my tank 4 about the last week as been running between 81 and 83 degrees how do i bring down the temp in my tank i have no chiller do i need 1 or wut  _________  | 
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03-16-2008, 11:34 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
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not really, what i would do is that get a fan to blow across the top of the tank, in general, it would lower a few degree, make sure to check your temp, you dont want it to blow the temp of the chart.
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03-16-2008, 11:40 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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well i have a red sea max and it comes with a fan 4 the lights | |
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03-17-2008, 12:03 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
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not just the light, have a fan that blow across the water surface where it can help with the water evaporate, i've done that in the summer, when the heat get to 90 outside and my water always sit at around 79, with the fan blew across it. | |
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03-17-2008, 03:10 AM
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| | Fire Worm
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If you have a sump, you can freeze a 2 liter bottle of water and place it in the sump. _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
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03-18-2008, 10:36 AM
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| | Fire Worm
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could i but the frozen bottle in the tank | |
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03-18-2008, 10:53 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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I had a 12 gallon nano dx.. I had to add a sump to mine... Same concept as you red sea max.... | |
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03-18-2008, 02:53 PM
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| | Fire Worm
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Originally Posted by chase19  could i but the frozen bottle in the tank | Hmmm....not sure...probably better let someone else weigh in... | |
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03-18-2008, 03:04 PM
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| | Panda Puffer
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if you have good circulation, yes. if not, no. if you can get tank in an AC'd room that would be better/...... _________  | |
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03-18-2008, 05:28 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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I wouldn't put the frozen bottle in the main display. That works better in a sump, and besides, it's a pain to always have to keep freezing bottles. And if you don't pay close attention, the temperature will constantly fluctuate.
One problem with using fans that I came across, having a nano, is that my temp was consistant, but my salinity was always up and down until I built a auto-top-off. It was evaporating too much water.
A chiller is your best bet if you can afford it. The temp always stays consistant, day and night, and it doesn't cause extra evaporation. Set it and forget it.
I thought I'd never say this, but my chiller was worth every dollar..
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