GilliganReef
04/26/2016, 02:15 PM
My wife and I had purchased a house this last June. I turned the storage room under the stairs in our basement into our fish room. I have 65G display with a 20L and 29G for my sumps. This last fall I replaced my skimmer with a Reef Octopus Diablo. That’s only piece of equipment I have changed out. Current pumps in the tank and sump are – 2 – 950 Hydor, 1 650 Hydor, Jabeo DC 6000, BRS Reactor MJ-1000, another small reactor with small pump, and two small power heads in my refugium. I have 4 T-5 VHO lunar light for my lighting. I have a 200 watt heater and a 150 watt. The 200 watt is set at 76 degrees and my 150 is set at 72.
I have my 200 watt heater hooked up to a timer. During the winter months in Minnesota my tank stayed around 77-79 with my 200 watt heater only being turned on for 2 hours during the day and 4 hours at night. Last summer I got by with only running that heater for 2 hours over night. Now this spring with my 200 watt unplugged my sumps run around 77 – 78 degrees. My display is running around 79.5 – 81 degrees and the thermostat is position on the other end of the tank of where my return is. The 77-78 is in the return chamber of my sumps.
My question is what are some ways to help lower temp in my tank so I don’t have to worry when I am at work? What else can I add in the fish room?
Right now I am running a tower fan at medium speed and the tank is staying around the 79 mark. Fish room stays around 66-72 degrees. In August I recorded the temp at 72 degrees being the warmest in the fish room.
I have my 200 watt heater hooked up to a timer. During the winter months in Minnesota my tank stayed around 77-79 with my 200 watt heater only being turned on for 2 hours during the day and 4 hours at night. Last summer I got by with only running that heater for 2 hours over night. Now this spring with my 200 watt unplugged my sumps run around 77 – 78 degrees. My display is running around 79.5 – 81 degrees and the thermostat is position on the other end of the tank of where my return is. The 77-78 is in the return chamber of my sumps.
My question is what are some ways to help lower temp in my tank so I don’t have to worry when I am at work? What else can I add in the fish room?
Right now I am running a tower fan at medium speed and the tank is staying around the 79 mark. Fish room stays around 66-72 degrees. In August I recorded the temp at 72 degrees being the warmest in the fish room.