Hi all,
It's been a while but I am still new to this. I am battling crazy temperature problems in my tank. During the day the temperature is around 28C (82.4F).
Ambient temperature is not that high. I suspect my problem is the lights. I got the 4 x t5 fitting with the tubes with the tank. I know they were pretty high spec when buying. The whole idea was not to have to replace the lights when adding corals later.
I am scared to open the glass slide covers on top of the tank and leave it that way because I suspect it would damage the canopy. The light fitting is currently 85mm (3 1/3") from the water surface.
It's not a faulty heater I switched that completely off to test. It is also not the thermometer at fault - I have tried 2.
I would like to ask advice please. How can I fix this situation before having to resort to buying a chiller? I am guessing if I am going to have to spend the money on a chiller I would probably be better off replacing with LED lights but I like these would like to try and make it work.
I can raise the lights up by 30mm (little more than 1"). I can further raise the canopy (and with that also the lights again) another inch. Will this help? Should I do something else? Is the fact that the tank has glass cover and closed canopy a problem I won't be able to recover from?
Please advise. I included some pictures.
Thank you very much in advance!
It's been a while but I am still new to this. I am battling crazy temperature problems in my tank. During the day the temperature is around 28C (82.4F).
Ambient temperature is not that high. I suspect my problem is the lights. I got the 4 x t5 fitting with the tubes with the tank. I know they were pretty high spec when buying. The whole idea was not to have to replace the lights when adding corals later.
I am scared to open the glass slide covers on top of the tank and leave it that way because I suspect it would damage the canopy. The light fitting is currently 85mm (3 1/3") from the water surface.
It's not a faulty heater I switched that completely off to test. It is also not the thermometer at fault - I have tried 2.
I would like to ask advice please. How can I fix this situation before having to resort to buying a chiller? I am guessing if I am going to have to spend the money on a chiller I would probably be better off replacing with LED lights but I like these would like to try and make it work.
I can raise the lights up by 30mm (little more than 1"). I can further raise the canopy (and with that also the lights again) another inch. Will this help? Should I do something else? Is the fact that the tank has glass cover and closed canopy a problem I won't be able to recover from?
Please advise. I included some pictures.
Thank you very much in advance!