hot temperature!!help!

[iewnehz]

Hey guys..i need some help with my 3ft tank!!

i do not have a fan nor chiller..my temperature is abt 28degree C .i have got sum corals in it..doesn't look very good..is there anyways to lower the temp without buying costly chillers? those cooling fan realli do drop temp to 3-4degree C?

-Thanks!

[typrobin]

hey bro...actually 28degreeC is still acceptable. but if can get it lower, y not?

if your corals are not doing well...get a fan pls....the corals will die if u dun...

wat kind of lights are u using? fan should be good enuf for pl and t5. as for MH, good luck, maybe i can go and haf bbq fish?? get the diy computer fan or ready-made clip on fan sold in almost all LFS...

go to yishun central, buy the one that costs $28. i m using it with my pl lights for my 3ft tank...temperature at 26-27degreeC...

if your tank is bigger than 3ft then i suggest you get 2 fans...or even the "6 fan combo" by ocean-free....

[bwilly]

go yishun to buy those that cost $30. can't remember the shop name. $28 is no good quality. $30 better.

MH with fan is oki, but u need to top up water frequently.

28 is good liao. some with chiller setting that temperature.

one fan gives u drop of 2C, additional fan another 1C.

so onz n forth, diminishing returns. also the surface area

where the water can evaporate (n hence remove heat) is

fixed. Adding more n more fan, drop in temperature

becomes minimum. (after reaching optimal level)

[flubberina13]

And you also have to remember this...the more you add...the higher the evaporation rate and you gonna top-up water like crazy...

Considering a chiller?

or a TUBBY to help with the topping-up?

[arcanehacker]

I also using a $20+ fan from aquastar. Its those big commercial kind fan but with an added clip. Much cheaper that those oceanfree kind fans.

[flubberina13]

Btw...not trying to discredit any brand here but my 6-fan type O****fr*e type used to leak current until I everyday kanna 'shocked'...

So watch out for such issues...

[hotsoup]

this thread is in the wrong place. moderators pls move it

[arcanehacker]

My experience with MH and fan? Mine is a 150w MH light with a fan. The temp is always constant at 27degrees.

BTW my jewel coral, Yumas & mushrooms can even do well at 30+ degrees.. (That was before I blew the fan directly at the water)

[wijaya]

hi,

28 celcius temperature is ok for reef tank, my experience for keeping reef tank for 8 years it,s ok for running temperature between 25-28,5 celcius.

i install 4 fan blowing at surface sea water

setup my tank

- capacity my tank hold 1150 litre sea water

- 2 x 400 w metal halide giessmann 10000 k (german)

- 10 x 21 w ultra slim blue

- filter box sump with quadplex jebo skimmer

- i give "kalkwasser" for replenish evaporate water

- i give strontium (d.i.y solution) one for week about 12 ml

- i install nitrate eliminator system ( d.i.y)

here my tank picture

[angry]

hi,

28 celcius temperature is ok for reef tank, my experience for keeping reef tank for 8 years it,s ok for running temperature between 25-28,5 celcius.

i install 4 fan blowing at surface sea water

setup my tank

- capacity my tank hold 1150 litre sea water

- 2 x 400 w metal halide giessmann 10000 k (german)

- 10 x 21 w ultra slim blue

- filter box sump with quadplex jebo skimmer

- i give "kalkwasser" for replenish evaporate water

- i give strontium (d.i.y solution) one for week about 12 ml

- i install nitrate eliminator system ( d.i.y)

here my tank picture

Hey bro,

diy denitrater, i'm interested. Cost much? Effective?

[tankhho]

are you sure the poor condition of your corals are attributed to high temperature? you may wish to explore other avenues to troubleshoot, maybe the answers are elsewhere.

like many say, 28C is fine. (but again, it depends on what you keep)

my two cents.

[Achilles Tang]

FYI, Wijaya's from Indonesia.

[alanseah]

hi,

28 celcius temperature is ok for reef tank, my experience for keeping reef tank for 8 years it,s ok for running temperature between 25-28,5 celcius.

i install 4 fan blowing at surface sea water

setup my tank

- capacity my tank hold 1150 litre sea water

- 2 x 400 w metal halide giessmann 10000 k (german)

- 10 x 21 w ultra slim blue

- filter box sump with quadplex jebo skimmer

- i give "kalkwasser" for replenish evaporate water

- i give strontium (d.i.y solution) one for week about 12 ml

- i install nitrate eliminator system ( d.i.y)

here my tank picture

wow.. u only use 4 x fan and still running 400w mh..

u dont live in sg huh..

[iewnehz]

okok. then i will go get those fans.. Thanks guys!

[FuEl]

If my tank can be placed in the coridoor outside my apartment i can use loads of MH without chiller. Those who came my place know why.. Once step out of my apartment it's freezing windy.

[19percula]

bro fuel u live in genting highlands ah?

lol

[FuEl]

bro fuel u live in genting highlands ah?

lol

No...25 storeys above ground level...but I have phobia of heights.