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Posted	temp of the reef tank
04-06-2006 00:34 by frozenball	firstly i have a juwel rio 400 with lids , not in direct sunlight it is in a dark part of the room standard juwel lighting 2 x 40w daylight 2 x 55w t5 interpet marine blue 1 x 300w juwel heater firsty what are the correct sorts of temp to be running the tank at please ? secondly my tank was on a constant rise today and hit 81.4 is this bad ? if so how do i get the temp back down ? thirdly i have a digital thermometer what should i set the alarm to high and lowest points ? fourthly when doing water changes do i need to heat the ro/salt mix before putting it in the tank ? thanks in advance mark
04-06-2006 00:57 by craig	temp should be around 26 yes its bad to get so high demp down by chiller unit(expensive) lower actual heater temp do need to heat mix up so salt does mix correct salinity i do mine in a old tank for 24hrs with heater and powerhead to mix it
04-06-2006 18:05 by Penny1	you can also cool the tank down by opening the lid and placing a fan directed over the water or float some frozen bottles of water in the tank i mix my salt in 5 gallon container with a air stone to mix to correct sg
04-06-2006 19:30 by frozenball	i have tried the lid and fan thing today and could only drop the water to 79.3 with no lights on . i think im fighting a lossing battle on this one
04-06-2006 23:38 by craig	is your heater working correctly
05-06-2006 02:59 by frozenball	heater is not even pluged in atm , i unpluged it thought the same thing
05-06-2006 07:18 by trik	i have a beer chiller the sort that you find in the pub that your larger goes through and controlled by a habistat controller i only got it going yesterday and its working a treat if you are intersted i have another 2 that i will sell cheap.
05-06-2006 07:46 by frozenball	how much for trik , i going to have to buy one i think i woke up this morning and its at 80.3 before the heat starts
05-06-2006 08:05 by trik	i will test out the unit make sure it works it may need re gassing i will let u no today.
05-06-2006 19:20 by Penny1	79.3 is not that hot ours is at 83 at moment and we not worried as long as it does not get much higher dont worry to much we also have got halides running which hots it up
05-06-2006 21:43 by frozenball	wow and your stock is still living ?
06-06-2006 09:32 by Penny1	yes they doing fine corals and fish.some books say to run temp higher for corals
06-06-2006 11:59 by Alan	I try to keep mine at 24 c most of the time I manage it. During the summer it peaks at 28 c. I use evaporative cooling to keep the temp of my tank down I use a clip on desk fan aimed at the waters surface this will bring the temp down by a couple of degrees c if I had a larger tank I would use 2 or more of these fans in the summer I leave it on 24 hours a day. I also use it to keep my halides cool.

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