84.9?

cjtabares

cjtabares

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84.9°

Ok so i bought a digital thermometer today and it reads 84.9 my inferred reads the surface temp of between 83.5-84 and my floating thermometer reads 82.

Can i just try to turn my heaters lower or should i try to slowly bring the water temp down. I am not sure that it is the heaters but i thought it would be the best palce to start.
 
Oh and with my inferred if i try to read through the acrylic it will just take the temp of the acrylic right?
 
My IR one is pretty close no matter where I test. I just tested different areas of the surface, through the glass, surface of the sump, and through the sump and the temp ranged from 79.7-80.3, so not a big difference on mine.

I would lower your heater a little though if you see it on by the light on it. I have my heater kick in at 78.7 and turn off when it reaches 79.3 via a Reefkeeper2 controller.
 
When i read through the acrylic it reads 81.5-81.8 when i read through the glass on my sump it reads 83.6 so it seems it will not read through the acrylic.

And i just checked the heaters they are not on, i hope i don't have to buy a chiller.

Yeah i was thinking about getting a reefkeeper2 but maybe a chiller will have to come first. What do u think about it?
 
Hmm, never thought about acrylic but ya, I can see it causing that problem. Being in RI I wouldn't think you would need a chiller... but I really don't know the weather there too well other than humid, which does prevent evoporation in turn reducing cooling.

I was given the RK2 by a fellow reefer and at first I thought it was just a glorified timer. But the more I use it the more I like it. Really get accurate control of heating and chilling and well as accurate timers. Also pH control but I still haven't used that part to its full potential.
 
Yeah it is not real hot here i never thought i would need a chiller, my house has central air(that is not even on yet). I do keep my tank covered i have 2 Scott's fairy wrasse that have already tried to jump a few time so i really don't want to uncover it. I have a sump would hope that would help keep it cool. Even if this is only going to happen this time of year before my parents turn on the central air, i dont want to fill it with coral then have to worry about it everytime this year.
 
Yeah i was thinking about that. I am just kind of worried i am going away for a week on Wednesday and am afraid if the weather gets hot what i will come home to. I have someone coming to feed and check the tank daily but they dont know much about keeping a tank so they would not really know what to do.
 
It's pretty amazing how much a 20" box fan will cool down a tank just blowing on the sump. If you know your heaters aren't coming on until the tank is closer to 79 - 80F, I don't see how having leaving a fan blowing on the sump is going to hurt anything while you're gone. There will be more evaporation, but if there's someone coming to check on your tank, they'll be topping it off, right? If the fan cools the tank a little too much, the heaters will just kick on to keep the temp stable. It might waste a little electricity while you're gone (if the heaters end up running), but if the alternative is losing critters in your tank due to issues related to high temps, the added electricity cost seems worth it.
 
Sorry i was unclear i am worried if i do nothing what i will come home to and i do not have much time for error unfortunately. I think i will grab a fan today after work and hopefully it helps.
 
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