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Since it's heating up outside I thought today would be a good day to remind everyone that it's not expensive to keep your water temperatures down!
Do you use a fan or chiller on your reef tank to keep the temperatures from spiking too high?
Depending on your equipment, tank placement and the area you live sometimes it's near impossible to keep temps down without some help! It's really easy and cheap as you just need to get the air flow moving over the surface of the water. A fan blowing across the top of the display water or sump will work. Even a frag tank as long as it's plumbed into the main system.
Please note that you will also have more evaporation and will need to top your tank off with fresh water more often as this heat exchange takes place!
So here are some easy and cheap solutions!
So the question of the day is this:
Do you use a fan or chiller on your reef tank to keep the temperatures from spiking too high?
@Gablami chooses to cool this reef via GHL aquarium fans.
Do you use a fan or chiller on your reef tank to keep the temperatures from spiking too high?
Depending on your equipment, tank placement and the area you live sometimes it's near impossible to keep temps down without some help! It's really easy and cheap as you just need to get the air flow moving over the surface of the water. A fan blowing across the top of the display water or sump will work. Even a frag tank as long as it's plumbed into the main system.
Please note that you will also have more evaporation and will need to top your tank off with fresh water more often as this heat exchange takes place!
So here are some easy and cheap solutions!
- Clip on fans: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=clip+on+fans&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
- Box fans: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=box+fans&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
- Blower Fans: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blower+fans&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
- All types of fans: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=clip+on+fans&ref=nb_sb_noss_2
So the question of the day is this:
Do you use a fan or chiller on your reef tank to keep the temperatures from spiking too high?
@Gablami chooses to cool this reef via GHL aquarium fans.