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Hey guys, it's that time of year again in the rust belt with cold weather. I did a 55 gallon water change on my display system of approx 230 gallons the other day. Water temp of new water was right at 78-79 After the water change I did some testing to double check everything and noticed my temp dropped way off. Down to just under 71. No casualties thankfully.
I thought I was running enough heater but apparently not, or maybe they aren't working right. I have a 300 watt Jager and a 100 watt Jager in my sump. As well as a 300 watt Cascade in my display tank for backup. All three heaters have been running non stop for the last two days and I am still only up to 74.5 degrees. My room fluctuates in temp a bit, gets down to 65 at night with a programmed thermostat and up to 72 throughout the day.
Does this sound like heaters not working right or just not enough heater? I am in progress with setting up an apex to help with the controls of the heaters too. So hopefully that will help.
I thought I was running enough heater but apparently not, or maybe they aren't working right. I have a 300 watt Jager and a 100 watt Jager in my sump. As well as a 300 watt Cascade in my display tank for backup. All three heaters have been running non stop for the last two days and I am still only up to 74.5 degrees. My room fluctuates in temp a bit, gets down to 65 at night with a programmed thermostat and up to 72 throughout the day.
Does this sound like heaters not working right or just not enough heater? I am in progress with setting up an apex to help with the controls of the heaters too. So hopefully that will help.