Any tricks for water temperature

Couple of recommendations, timers for the lights, makes life easier. Your Lfs should sell cooling fans for tanks, figure out which button controls what lighting. (Guessing you have actinic and white light). Mount the fan so it blows on the waters surface (evaporative cooling). And set the fan on a timer to come on at or shortly after the lights come on.

I fought over heating with my 75 for years before I figured out what to do. My big tank stays within 1 degree between day and night (actually gets warmer at night).
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 40 58.8%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 5 7.4%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 5.9%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 4.4%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 9 13.2%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 4.4%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 2 2.9%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.5%
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