heat

[Texreefer]

well,, the new chiller i bought was too small for my heat load, the new chiller i bought to replace the new chiller I just bought will still take a week to get here,, I have two colonies gone and three more on the way out,,, Desalwii, chips, ORA roscoe, and others,, nothing I can do,, I would need a 60 #block of ice every day just to make a difference,, sad to see such nice corals suffering

[Gilbert]

wow that sucks your tank looked really nice mike. my tank moves from 79- 82 degrees every day and i haven't had any problems. one day i came home and my door was shut and the temp of my tank was 92 degrees, but nothing bad happened. what temp does your tank get to??? and do you want to sell your birdnest???

[Texreefer]

my swing is going from 79 to 82 daily but he problem is I have some sensitive corals and they have had constantly stable for almost two years so this is new to them.. my birdsnest is doing fine right now and next to brians, its one of the biggest I have seen.. so i hope to hold onto it

[Gilbert]

good luck man

[reeferRob]

I bought a $700 tradewinds 1/4 hp chiller and the temp NEVER got warm enough in my house to get it to come on. I keep my thermostat between 76 and 78 and mt tank stays at around 75. I finally just took it out and it's boxed back up. Of course I only have 3 150w HQIs and 4 96w pc's too. Try turning down the heat in your house and running your MH's a little less til your new chiller gets there.


Rob

[Texreefer]

Rob, wish I could.. my tank sits in a room in the garage and gets very warm with all the pumps running,, I have the halides turned off for now

[Bill S]

Wow, Mike, my temps before chiller would go from 77 to 83 or 84 every day. No REAL problems. Corals are usually pretty good about tolerating those swings. Can't run fans to cool it off better? Ice MIGHT be a good solution - just freeze milk jugs or 3 liter bottles in your freezer, and cycle them back and forth.

How big was your chiller, and how big is your tank? Wasn't it a 1/2 hp? I can't believe you need something bigger...

[Gilbert]

try throwing and A/C unit in the room

[reeferRob]

Rob, wish I could.. my tank sits in a room in the garage and gets very warm with all the pumps running,, I have the halides turned off for now


OUCH!! yeah my garage is 140 degrees right now, that would deffinately be a different story. Good Luck man. I know you have a ton of nice corals, that's too bad.


Rob

[joelb]

mike, i have a chiller just sitting around that you can borrow until yours comes in. its a life reef and 1/3hp. all you need is a pump. it has 1" in and outlets. if you choose to, call me and i'll be glad to let you take it. 210-978-6399 joel

[reeferRob]

mike, i have a chiller just sitting around that you can borrow until yours comes in. its a life reef and 1/3hp. all you need is a pump. it has 1" in and outlets. if you choose to, call me and i'll be glad to let you take it. 210-978-6399 joel

For that matter you could come get mine too if it will help, it's a 1/4hp drop in chiller. Long drive though.

[captexas]

Maybe rent a small port-a-cool machine to put in your fish room until the chiller comes in? I assume someone rents them.

[Texreefer]

Thanks for all the offers and suggestions guys,, I'm exploring all my options right now,, Bill I just have an extreemly high heat load on my tank. I have a total of 9 pumps adding heat plus the 800watts of lighting and then it being in the room in that garage,, I have fans and exhaust on the room plus the airconditioner that did a good job today but my bill i'm sure will be over $500 this month. The chiller will run for 10 hours at a time with no cooldown,, that is a 1/2 hp i'm going to a large 3/4 hp.. I don't think it is the current temp swing causing the trouble but the initial one.. I also may have some other issues that i'm looking into so hopefully i will get things back on track soon

[Bill S]

My wife says our electric bill has gotten better with the chiller...

Where is (was) your chiller, in the garage, or outside? If outside, you might want to make sure it's shaded AND put a fan out there.

BTW, mine's be struggling the last few days. High humidity AND high temps.

[Texreefer]

its outside and in the shade.. I put a fan on it a couple of days ago and it didn't seem to help

[clamgal]

My tank is 81.9 this morning with all the lights off- except fuge light-. I have a little giant running and a rio pump for the skimmer. I just opened the canopy and will add a fan to the fuge.
Is there anywhere you can place your corals, until you figure this out? I would offer mine, but obviously I have the same problem you do. Good luck!
Adriana

[p00num3lli]

try throwing and A/C unit in the room

id say do that also.. im sure its gona get nice and toasty in the garrage this summer. have you ever had these problems before, like last summer?

sorry about the colonies.. thats just gota suck

[hobogato]

he has an AC in the fish room and is now running it all day.

[barderer]

What are the actual temps now? I don't see how 82ish can nuke anything. Must be getting much hotter.

[captexas]

Not that this will help you in your current situation, but is your garage door insulated? A friend of mine got new doors that are insulated (a good 2 inches or so thick) and there is weather stripping all the way around so when the doors are closed the garage actually stays much cooler.

[Texreefer]

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[Texreefer]

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[Texreefer]

It was the initial spike of high temp after being so stable for two years. If your corals are used to a small swing and Higher temps then you won't see a problem.
Now to the latest issue, while dealing with the heat issue I didn't know that my alk was spiking at 12.5 dkh and at the same time all teh co2 out of my 40# bottle was leaking into the fish room..:at_wits_end: High alk+high heat+lots of co2 released into air = nuked corals,,, most tips are fried. some corals are gonners. large birdsnest started to STN. it is now a small birdsnest.. lots of work later and now just waiting to see if i fixed it soon enough

[clamgal]

wow, I'm sorry.

[Texreefer]

well, i think the worst is over,, looks like a tsunami hit my tank. I think I will be on the road to recovery over the next few weeks. and my new chiller should be here on monday

[BigKGlen]

Mike,
Thinking over your dilemma, what do you think about painting the cover white?

[Texreefer]

Ok, the heat issue has long been settled thanks to Hal at Tradewinds. the bad news is many corals still slowly going down hill, my nice green table is looking bad, along with my large green slimmer, blue tip tenuis, my thin green stag and 3 others.. I think it is just the combination of lighting changes, alk issues, heat issues, and the tank move. hopefully things will settle before too long.

[ErikH]

Good luck with the rest of your corals. Glad to hear that there is hope!

[RayAllen]

Ouch, just read through the thread. Hopefully you come out on Top Mike.

[captexas]

Mike - I've been having some problems with my tank lately and lost many of the coral frags I had. Because of that I'm moving away from keeping corals with this setup for now. I have two frags left from the bunch that I got from you awhile back so I would be more than happy to return them to you if your tank has stabilized. I can't remember exactly which ones they are, but they might be ones that you mentioned.