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Hi there,

im putting a large fowlr in my freshwater tank room I was wondering if heating/cooling the room as I currently do to 26 will my equipment heat the water? i plan on titanium heaters as redundancy and an external chiller for same reason. It’s a large tank and in my mind (a scary place at times ) it works and should remain a stable temp but in all the vids I’ve seen there hasn’t been someone heating just the room for marine that I’ve seen.

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Hi there,

im putting a large fowlr in my freshwater tank room I was wondering if heating/cooling the room as I currently do to 26 will my equipment heat the water? i plan on titanium heaters as redundancy and an external chiller for same reason. It’s a large tank and in my mind (a scary place at times ) it works and should remain a stable temp but in all the vids I’ve seen there hasn’t been someone heating just the room for marine that I’ve seen.

regards Duzzy
Room temp has a massive influence.
 

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I have a 45 and a 20g nano in our snake room. We keep the room at
78-80°. I use no heaters in those tanks. The 45 is 3.5 years old.
Both tanks run 80°.
The 20g nano has a fan and it runs 77. I have ran it without with no issues.
The small fan will increase evaporation and reduce my 20g by 3°.
 

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My knowledge of thermodynamics is very rudimentary at this stage of my life, but I think that keeping room temp in certain range can help cooling or heating tank, but I would still use heaters and if necessary fan or chiller.
 

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My knowledge of thermodynamics is very rudimentary at this stage of my life, but I think that keeping room temp in certain range can help cooling or heating tank, but I would still use heaters and if necessary fan or chiller.
Eventually you’ll get onto entropy and the arrow of time. If you’re baffled now, you just wait. :)
 
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I have a 45 and a 20g nano in our snake room. We keep the room at
78-80°. I use no heaters in those tanks. The 45 is 3.5 years old.
Both tanks run 80°.
The 20g nano has a fan and it runs 77. I have ran it without with no issues.
The small fan will increase evaporation and reduce my 20g by 3°.
Thanks so much I’m thinking a large tank would be even more stable was also thinking that I’d gently ventilate over equipment to prevent as much heat. with my freshwater tanks it works I just wasn’t sure if the equipment being so much more of it than in freshwater would raise temp.
 

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Thanks so much I’m thinking a large tank would be even more stable was also thinking that I’d gently ventilate over equipment to prevent as much heat. with my freshwater tanks it works I just wasn’t sure if the equipment being so much more of it than in freshwater would raise temp.
On my 80g/30g, total 120g total system I only run a heater in the winter months maybe 6 months. House is 77° tank is 80° in the summer so equiepment gives a 3-4° bump.
Winter house is 70° and I need a heater to keep tank at 80.
 
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On my 80g/30g, total 120g total system I only run a heater in the winter months maybe 6 months. House is 77° tank is 80° in the summer so equiepment gives a 3-4° bump.
Winter house is 70° and I need a heater to keep tank at 80.
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