Hello - I have a question and YES I searched for a bit before making an account
My father had a HUGE octagon tank when I was young and I spent a lot of time helping him, so I have some history of saltwater.
I've had 100g 60g and 50g Cichlid tanks among many other freshwater tanks with some sport fish in them when I was young and dumb, I raised a pair of minnows that wound up being 2 large mouth bass.
Anyways!
I just put up a 125g Saltwater tank with sump system. Mixed up the salt water and set it at 1.025. its been cycling for a couple days and without the heater in it right now it fluctuates between 80.7 and 81.5 through the day. The lights are NOT on currently and i have opened up the base of the sump and running a box fan through there to see if that cools it down. My 4 year old has a freshwater system on the 2nd floor it is 20g and holds at 77 degrees with the heater coming on a few times a day. The house is set at the below temps and we rarely get away from those temps.
72 Summer 68 Winter Daytime
68 Summer 64 Winter Night Time
Any Idea why the heck my tank is holding so much heat when the ambient temp in my house is 72?
My father had a HUGE octagon tank when I was young and I spent a lot of time helping him, so I have some history of saltwater.
I've had 100g 60g and 50g Cichlid tanks among many other freshwater tanks with some sport fish in them when I was young and dumb, I raised a pair of minnows that wound up being 2 large mouth bass.
Anyways!
I just put up a 125g Saltwater tank with sump system. Mixed up the salt water and set it at 1.025. its been cycling for a couple days and without the heater in it right now it fluctuates between 80.7 and 81.5 through the day. The lights are NOT on currently and i have opened up the base of the sump and running a box fan through there to see if that cools it down. My 4 year old has a freshwater system on the 2nd floor it is 20g and holds at 77 degrees with the heater coming on a few times a day. The house is set at the below temps and we rarely get away from those temps.
72 Summer 68 Winter Daytime
68 Summer 64 Winter Night Time
Any Idea why the heck my tank is holding so much heat when the ambient temp in my house is 72?