Temp problem

[bonomo53]

So i recentally picked up a reef keeper lite and having been monitoring my temp with it through out the day. I noticed that my tank starts out at 78 degrees in the morning and slowly rises by .1 degrees to 82 degrees at night before my lights go off then goes back down to 78. Should i be worried about this what can be dobe besides running a chiller

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Whatkind of lighting do you have.. internal pumps, external pumps, power heads etc

 

[bonomo53]

Tek elite 6x39watt mp10 mag7 bubble magus nac3

 

[Salty Dog]

temps will creep up durung the day when lighting is at full power, I run a chiller and a large fan in my wet room that turns on when temps reach 78.5 in the tank, the fan blows directly at my sump and keeps temps in line

 

[NanoAquatic]

Might get worse during the heat of the summer. A chiller might be a good idea. If you have a glass top, replace that with a mesh top or at least an egg crate to get more aeration and steady temperature. If you gonna use egg crate, make sure the fish that u have aren't jumpers.

 

[bonomo53]

thanks for the help iam going to buy a fan for my sump area today and see how that works out my tank is already open top

 

[garys reef]

im in patchogue i have 2 fans i bought from marine depot each one has 4 fans like computer fans i will get the exact name and post

 

[garys reef]

i have the tunze aquawind cooling fan and 2 4 fan azoo fans as well

 

[bonomo53]

thankss for the info i will look them up

 

[garys reef]

i used them they worked great the only bad thing is evaporation u are going to get more

 

[Chris Jury]

IMHO, that is a perfectly acceptable and perhaps even desirable regime. I would go ahead with the fans though, and start keeping a closer eye what with summer coming up. You don't want to come home to a tank that is unexpectedly 88 F. Maxing out at ~82 F, especially if you can maintain that through the summer, is great IMO.

cj

 

[garys reef]

by the way im not using those fans anymore so dont order new ones hope im not to late