Simple break through

[allan]

Erik, I was concerned about the temp drop overnight, but then realized my chiller must also heat. The in line heater was on this morning.

What's 5k?

[350gt]

i just run a simple walmart clip on fan on 150 and it keeps temp at 78-79 all summer and emily keeps thermostat at 79-80

79-80?????.......

**** that's hot... That's what my house is set at when I'm not home...

[Big_Pun]

79-80?????.......

**** that's hot... That's what my house is set at when I'm not home...

i know!! fat kids get hot easily!

[350gt]

Lol....

No kidding!

[CoryDude]

Awesome looking tank dude! Do those zoas ever mess with the bases of your acros? As much as I want some, I think I want to be the only guy on maast that DOESN'T have any zoas in his tank,

Why not route the chiller outside???...


Isn't that where they are to be placed in the first place?

It would help, but he'd still have an issue with it cycling on and off for a good deal of the day. Mine is outside also and it runs constantly during the summer because I have 900 watts of lighting over my 120g. But, I would recommend to anyone who can, to plumb their chiller outside. Of course you void the warranty when you do so, but it does make the house that much more bearable by transferring all the tank's heat outside instead of throwing it back into the room.

[allan]

I hadn't thought about it, I've got 1050 watts over the big tank and 150 over the little one. 1200 watts in the room. But now it's so cool with the fan that the room is very nice.

I've always used a fan over the fuge but running over a portion of the DT really worked a change. Yesterday I lowered the fan from high to medium.

Alton,
The base of some of the acros are bone white. But it hasn't extended past that. I try to pay attention to the type of zoa to minimize the interaction. Lunar a tend to grow taller so I try to keep them away. In the case of the stuber, the sps provides so much shade that the lunar a keep a little distance.

I've also had on sps grow over and around individual polyps. Today when I get home I will photo the base of a valida frag that is pretty much surrounded by zoas to see what it looks like.

None at all? My sps just aren't vibrant enough for me to not go zoa and lps. Todd's tank the sps glowed. When they look like that I can appreciate it. But in my tank I really need the color that the softies provide.


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[350gt]

Off topic question.....


Is there any benefits to running a fan over the sump,fuge or tank besides to keep everything cool?
I have never had heat issues and don't really want my water to evaporate any quicker...

I always thought about adding one for the hell of it, or to keep the air moving..... Sometimes I open my canopy and I feel as if the air is to humid in there... I could just add vents...

[allan]

I'd add vents. Might increase your Oxygen level to have a fan. I failed to mention earlier that I've got a Magnum 8 on a timer that really creates a disturbance on the surface each time it kicks on... right on top of where I placed the fan.

I knew my evaporative loss would be huge, and yes that did pan out as thought.