Cooling

[Phillip Hudson]

It's hot here, so the tanks taking a battering too.

Currently the temp is over 30 degrees in there, (86 for you Americans.)

Are there any good tried and tested (and cheap!) methods that can help keep
things cool?

We may have lost a coral that was doing really well because of the heat, a
couple of other flowers/corals aren't liking the heat either.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Phillip

[Phillip Hudson]

Oooh, just found a nice big article.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-06/nftt/

[Phillip Hudson]

I'm have a great convo here with myself!

I've now set up a fan to blow on the sump all night, the tank is over 86
now, I'll post what it is tomorrow, tomorrow.

"Phillip Hudson" > wrote in message
...
> It's hot here, so the tanks taking a battering too.
>
> Currently the temp is over 30 degrees in there, (86 for you Americans.)
>
> Are there any good tried and tested (and cheap!) methods that can help
keep
> things cool?
>
> We may have lost a coral that was doing really well because of the heat, a
> couple of other flowers/corals aren't liking the heat either.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Phillip
>
>

[kim gross]

If you have covers on your tank remove them and put a fan blowing acrost
the top of the tank if possible also.

Kim


Phillip Hudson wrote:
> I'm have a great convo here with myself!
>
> I've now set up a fan to blow on the sump all night, the tank is over 86
> now, I'll post what it is tomorrow, tomorrow.
>
> "Phillip Hudson" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>It's hot here, so the tanks taking a battering too.
>>
>>Currently the temp is over 30 degrees in there, (86 for you Americans.)
>>
>>Are there any good tried and tested (and cheap!) methods that can help
>
> keep
>
>>things cool?
>>
>>We may have lost a coral that was doing really well because of the heat, a
>>couple of other flowers/corals aren't liking the heat either.
>>
>>Any help will be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Phillip
>>
>>
>
>
>

[Dsybok]

I usually run in the low 80s during the summer when I dont air condition the
house with outside temps in the mid 70s to mid 80s a couple miles from the
beach in LA.

When it does get hot enough to push tank temps up above 82 or 83 I just air
condition the whole room and or house, as usually when its hot enough to bug
the reef its long past hot enough to bug me also. Ive got 35 watts of NO
flourescent and 160 watts of PC and two or three powerheads, so my tank
doesnt tend to get all that hot. I have no cooling fans on my hood.

D

"Phillip Hudson" > wrote in message
...
> It's hot here, so the tanks taking a battering too.
>
> Currently the temp is over 30 degrees in there, (86 for you Americans.)
>
> Are there any good tried and tested (and cheap!) methods that can help
keep
> things cool?
>
> We may have lost a coral that was doing really well because of the heat, a
> couple of other flowers/corals aren't liking the heat either.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Phillip
>
>

[Timothy Tom]

I believe that most will agree that fans are your cheapest, and quite
effective method for cooling. Anything that can increase the surface
area of water exposed to the fan will help (i.e. having water
returning to the sump flow over a large algae cleaning pad or some
other surface, with a fan blowing directly over it). I must admit
that I eventually gave in, and got a chiller when my reef tank was
consistently in the 86 degree range. Also, you can decrease your
lighting period while the heat wave is present.

[CapFusion]

"Phillip Hudson" > wrote in message
...
> I'm have a great convo here with myself!
>
> I've now set up a fan to blow on the sump all night, the tank is over 86
> now, I'll post what it is tomorrow, tomorrow.
>

Heehe..

You can simply add fan or multi-fan to blow into your tank. I believed you
already find your answer.

CapFusion,...

[robin.gordon1]

I copied an idea from marc levenson and used to old computer case fans to
blow onto the top of the last chamber of the sump but even running 24/7 it
didn't seem to make much of a difference not more than 1/2C very maximum, so
I switched the lighting regime down instead.

Robin.