PC heat!!!!!

HI i have a 55 gal. aquarium and I just bought a coralife 260 watt aqualight. I'm worried about my heat in my tank going up because it's already hight about 82. I have glass tops over my tank. I heard that if u take them off it will lower the heat but then it will have a lot of evaporation. I don't wanna have to keep filling it. so what should I do? I also heard about those legs u can attach do those really help a lot. It has 2 fans that should help too right......

 

The two fans should be fine and the evaporation is natural. Just replasce evap wth the DI water you have. Two fans should be sufficient to evacuate your heat. I keep my tanks at 80 degrees FWIW

 

ditch the tops. get the legs. I added a second cl 265 fixture and removed the tops and my temp went down.
Evap happens and you will need to top off but it makes me check everything out daily.

 

how much gal. per day do u lose without the tops.

 

ABout 1 to 1 1/2 gal but I make my own ro at home so it is in a big tub and top off when needed

 

how do u make your own.

 

I have a Kent ro unit in the basement. Click on their water and ice picture at the top and check out their systems

 

so u lose about 7 gal. a week. how much does it cost to top off

 

Its part of my water bill and with 4 kids a wife and myself doing laundry shower thing i don't notice a blip on the bill for my tank even when i filled it

 

don't u have to keep changing any cartrige for the ro unit