High Temperature in reef tank

[Rodolfo Garcia]

Those pumps seem well sized for a 60. And I would hope your heater isn't running right now

Again, are you fighting a short-term heat wave, or is this something you've been dealing with for some time? There's short-term, stop-gap solution, but the long-term answer is likely a chiller, or at the least a room AC unit.

I haven’t heard reports of any heat waves coming through… i recently purchased a kraken lid and i noticed it did make the tank maybe 1-2 degrees warmer. My tank even before the middle of summer ran between 80-83 degrees or so.
I cleaned out the return motor pumps, they had some gunk in the intake. Hope that helps them some.

 

[Fish Fan]

I haven’t heard reports of any heat waves coming through… i recently purchased a kraken lid and i noticed it did make the tank maybe 1-2 degrees warmer. My tank even before the middle of summer ran between 80-83 degrees or so.
I cleaned out the return motor pumps, they had some gunk in the intake. Hope that helps them some.

Those Kraken lids are nice, but you may need a screen top if your tank is overheating on a regular basis.

 

[bobnicaragua]

Take off the Kraken lid and blow a fan across the surface.

I haven’t heard reports of any heat waves coming through… i recently purchased a kraken lid and i noticed it did make the tank maybe 1-2 degrees warmer. My tank even before the middle of summer ran between 80-83 degrees or so.
I cleaned out the return motor pumps, they had some gunk in the intake. Hope that helps them some.

Take off the lid and blow fans across the water’s surface.

 

[reefernc02]

Agree with fan also if you have a central ac or mini split crank it down lower my mini split on 103 degree days this summer has kept the temp stable exactly for when the door was open in the garage apartment when all three of the tanks sit

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

So I don’t tink I’ve seen anyone suggest to try lower your aim temp. I like to set my tank temp to 76 in the summer. My tank normally only hits 78 peak during the summer but gives plenty of room for an increase. To me cold is much more safe than hot

 

[Double monti 61]

I live in New York State and I have no air conditioning and I leave my windows open all day and night only using fans to cool my studio apartment I run my system at 80 degrees Fahrenheit and although the thermometer that is in my room is reading about 87.5 degrees and my tank temperatures are 86.7 degrees at this time I have had temperatures about 88 and slightly above at times I have never had major issues with the corals that love my tank this is a current photo of the temperature of my tank and a photo of the tank. Tank volume is 15 gallons plus three hang on back filters and one hang on back protein skimmer. Outside temperatures usually drop at night outside and inside apartment to comfortable levels.

 

[Fish Fan]

So I don’t tink I’ve seen anyone suggest to try lower your aim temp. I like to set my tank temp to 76 in the summer. My tank normally only hits 78 peak during the summer but gives plenty of room for an increase. To me cold is much more safe than hot

You’re quite correct that too cold is much, much safer than too hot.

But I believe that many who live in hot climates benefit from running their tanks at a higher temp, let’s say like 80-82 F. This way, when hot weather forces the tank to a higher temp, the temperature change is less; 82F to 84F for example. If you set the tank temp lower, for example 76F, then when the tank temp is forced to 84F, the temp swing is greater; 76F to 84F. Just something to consider.