Tank temperature getting out of control

[laezur]

Hi! So we are having a bit of a heatwave in the UK, and we’re coming up on summer. I’ve noticed the ambient temperature of ny room is getting quite hot and the temperature probe is sloooowly moving up. At first it went to 28 celcius, and now I’m up to 29.3 celcius.

I don’t have a chiller or a spare fan to run over the tank at the moment, and I’ve turned the heater off completely to try and negate the ambient heat but it’s not dropping.

Am I in danger territory at this heat? Or will it be okay for a few days to a week until the warm weather subsided for a bit?

No fish only inverts and coral.

 

[F i s h y]

I freeze bottles of water and put them in my sump. Depending on the size of tank you will need multiple and be able to switch them out routinely.
At 29 c I would be slightly concerned. Especially if it's long term. I start putting my water bottles in at 26.3 c. But I also run my reef at 25.4 c

 

[Dani305]

I freeze bottles of water and put them in my sump. Depending on the size of tank you will need multiple and be able to switch them out routinely.
At 29 c I would be slightly concerned. Especially if it's long term. I start putting my water bottles in at 26.3 c. But I also run my reef at 25.4 c

This is a great idea!

 

[Cali Reef Life]

You can also freeze rodi water and have a tray of ice ready to go or put regular ice in a Ziplock bag and float them.

 

[ReefEco]

You can also reduce your lighting schedule temporarily if you think that is adding heat, or turn them off altogether during the warmest parts of the day. Open windows at night, assuming it is cooler at that time...

 

[laezur]

You can also reduce your lighting schedule temporarily if you think that is adding heat, or turn them off altogether during the warmest parts of the day. Open windows at night, assuming it is cooler at that time...

I’ve got an ai prime 16HD, doesn’t seem to emit any heat. My sump light for my chaeto was giving off massive heat so I dimmed it to 50% but doesn’t seem to have an affect so can’t be that. Windows open wide all the time but it gets so humid when it gets hot here

 

[laezur]

I freeze bottles of water and put them in my sump. Depending on the size of tank you will need multiple and be able to switch them out routinely.
At 29 c I would be slightly concerned. Especially if it's long term. I start putting my water bottles in at 26.3 c. But I also run my reef at 25.4 c

Fantastic idea thank you, I’ll give that a go!

 

[Cali Reef Life]

Also I use this and bought the wifi hub so I get alerts on my phone when away if it goes over 28C. Has a graph so you can see how your tank is throughout the day, week or month.

 

[Tamberav]

I had softies, LPS, fish, inverts in a 20g nano that would get to 86F every summer, all summer. Was fine.

Probably depends on livestock. When my AC broke last summer during a heat wave, my tank got to 92/93. I lost no fish but did lose most SPS, lost no soft corals and only a few LPS (the finicky ones like a torch). It was pretty hot for a week.

 

[Breadman03]

It's time to order a fan I'm using a pedestal fan next to my 270 with halides and it's working well.

 

[ReefEco]

I’ve got an ai prime 16HD, doesn’t seem to emit any heat. My sump light for my chaeto was giving off massive heat so I dimmed it to 50% but doesn’t seem to have an affect so can’t be that. Windows open wide all the time but it gets so humid when it gets hot here

Yeah, doubt the LED's are putting out enough heat to make a difference. Ice seems to be the short term triage solution, then try a fan, then resign to getting a chiller if the fan doesn't cut it...

 

[bobnicaragua]

If you don't want it visible, even a fan blowing on the sump will help.

 

[ZoWhat]

TURN THY HOUSE AC ON

can't afford this? then boy are you in the wrong hobby tbh

 

[laezur]

TURN THY HOUSE AC ON

can't afford this? then boy are you in the wrong hobby tbh

We don’t have AC in the UK. Our houses are built to insulate heat, not cool down. We only have 2-3 months of hot weather a year, rest of the time it’s raining or freezing

 

[MichaelReefer]

Hi! So we are having a bit of a heatwave in the UK, and we’re coming up on summer. I’ve noticed the ambient temperature of ny room is getting quite hot and the temperature probe is sloooowly moving up. At first it went to 28 celcius, and now I’m up to 29.3 celcius.

I don’t have a chiller or a spare fan to run over the tank at the moment, and I’ve turned the heater off completely to try and negate the ambient heat but it’s not dropping.

Am I in danger territory at this heat? Or will it be okay for a few days to a week until the warm weather subsided for a bit?

No fish only inverts and coral.

Man Id kill for that Temp. Over 100F in Commiefornia right now hahaha.

I'm a summer hater, so that AC is blowing all-day-long.

 

[laezur]

Man Id kill for that Temp. Over 100F in Commiefornia right now hahaha.

I'm a summer hater, so that AC is blowing all-day-long.

It’s great until mid-summer hits and there’s no escape. With the amount of insulation we build our houses with, and how humid the heat is here when it does get hot, you feel like you’re in hell. No way to escape it. I pray for rain most days, just to cool the air down a bit

 

[OPL]

Hi! So we are having a bit of a heatwave in the UK, and we’re coming up on summer. I’ve noticed the ambient temperature of ny room is getting quite hot and the temperature probe is sloooowly moving up. At first it went to 28 celcius, and now I’m up to 29.3 celcius.

I don’t have a chiller or a spare fan to run over the tank at the moment, and I’ve turned the heater off completely to try and negate the ambient heat but it’s not dropping.

Am I in danger territory at this heat? Or will it be okay for a few days to a week until the warm weather subsided for a bit?

No fish only inverts and coral.

Hi,

I had the same issue last year when i was running a FOWLR system, my tank is in a room which has double patio doors facing the sun in the afternoon.

I have a DD cooling fan running via a DD temperature controller (didnt really help last year) so I have increased the surface agitation, put up some tinted film which allegedly has heat/PV protection/designed for conservatories. The highest temperature my tank has hit so far this summer is 25.5 deg C (set at 25). I got the tinted film from the below if it helps:

Window Film by The Window Film Company | Privacy Window Film

www.windowfilm.co.uk

As a last resort i have some ready made saltwater at a marginally lower temperature than my tank and some frozen RO.

Hope this helps.