With summer heat now here, I'm finding that my reef tank temperature varies alot wider especially when running the lights. What is an acceptable range in daily temp variations?
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I run my lights at night to help out with the temps a bit (and I'm not home in the day to enjoy it). I also gave into the Tennessee summers long ago and bought a chiller. I have it set so there's no more than a 2 degree swing (it also controls the heaters).With summer heat now here, I'm finding that my reef tank temperature varies alot wider especially when running the lights. What is an acceptable range in daily temp variations?
I run my lights at night to help out with the temps a bit (and I'm not home in the day to enjoy it). I also gave into the Tennessee summers long ago and bought a chiller. I have it set so there's no more than a 2 degree swing (it also controls the heaters).
Another method would be to get an old (yet clean) plastic bottle and fill it almost all the way with RODI water and freeze it. You could plop one in a sump or float it in a bag to help if it gets to be too high for you.
Why would you need RODI water if the bottle stays capped?