thermometer help?

[lazycouch]

hey guys just discovered my digital thermometer was off this whole time.. it was about 8 degrees off ! i purchased a glass thermometer but i really like seeing the numbers on a screen at all time so i was wondering if anyone has suggestions for an accurate thermometer you may be using? i know theres those ones with a metal probe but i enjoy the idea of leaving one in and getting live numbers 24/7 ! any suggestions?

 

[WIReefer]

Apex lol

 

[lazycouch]

Apex lol

darn.. it’s because i’m about to have a second tank so i want to find a good one i can put in both /:

 

[1ByLand2BySea]

Rainbow Lifegard has a decent ones. They come very close to the real temp.

 

[WVNed]

I use the Lifeguard as well.

 

[lazycouch]

Rainbow Lifegard has a decent ones. They come very close to the real temp.

I use the Lifeguard as well.

what do you guys think about this dual one?

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/d...ntroller-w-dual-probes-wifi-itc-306a-inkbird/

 

[WVNed]

I use an Inkbird and 2 lifeguard thermometers in my system.

 

[lazycouch]

I use an Inkbird and 2 lifeguard thermometers in my system.

should i go for the dual inkbird?

 

[WVNed]

Sorry I have no experience with that one

 

[Jakels5253]

I use an Inkbird and 2 lifeguard thermometers in my system.

I recently hooked up my ink306a. I also ran a lifeguard prior. They differ by two degrees. Which one would you trust more? What's the best way to confirm temperature?

 

[WVNed]

I recently hooked up my ink306a. I also ran a lifeguard prior. They differ by two degrees. Which one would you trust more? What's the best way to confirm temperature?

I use 3 devices and they agree. Do you have a digital cooking thermometer?
Also the inkbird can be calibrated. If you tank has done well at the temp the other controller ran at just make them agree.

 

[Jakels5253]

I use 3 devices and they agree. Do you have a digital cooking thermometer?
Also the inkbird can be calibrated. If you tank has done well at the temp the other controller ran at just make them agree.

I have not used a controller until I got the ink bird. Just an eheim heater and a thermometer to monitor. The tank was running at 79 now has crept up to 82 according to the thermometer. But when I plugged in the ink bird it says 80. The eheim heater is set way lower cuz it's old and never seemed correct. I will check with a coming one. When the wife isn't looking of course lol

 

[WVNed]

As anything between 77-80 will work I never worried over the exact number. Just that it stays relatively the same.
I have 2 tanks in one room and 900 watts of heaters on the Inkbird in the fish room. I also have MH light on the 240.
So the big tank heats the system in the daytime and at night the sump heats the system. But they all stay within a few tenths of a degree of each other most of the time.