getting ready for summer?

[billford]

i will be trying to cool my tank with fans this summer.should i have the fan on the 125g tank upstairs or on the 200 g sump in the basement? or both? would like to run only 1 if i can.

[D to the P]

If you are using metal halide lights (I assume you are if you need to cool your tank) than I would have the fan on the tank blowing across the top of the water. I would imagine that most of the heat in the sump would dissapate into the tubing and surroundings while it moves around, but the tanks temp will probably still be up.

[Flipper62]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12322126#post12322126 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by billford
i will be trying to cool my tank with fans this summer.should i have the fan on the 125g tank upstairs or on the 200 g sump in the basement? or both? would like to run only 1 if i can.

I'm also in the chicago area. I had a friends tank in my basement for a few months. he was moving into an apartment until his new house was done. We had to keep a heater in the tank. The temp in the basement was 70 deg & this was in the summer. I would just wait & see what the temps get to & go from there.

I guess I'm saying is if the sump is around 72 deg & the DT gets to 80 or so. The water mix might just even out in the 78 /80 range

[billford]

actually im not using lights right now only sunlight.but it seems to be best to try and blow fan on tank thanks