victoly Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I've also been needing to top off with significantly more water this past week. Struggles of a nano reefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Lol that tail end of your temp graph is what mine looks like all the time. 72 degree house tank kept at 78-79 means heater literally cycles every 30 minutes. Metal halides give the heater a break lol. Those low temp areas are when my lights are on. Edited November 12, 2014 by Bpb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 Lol that tail end of your temp graph is what mine looks like all the time. 72 degree house tank kept at 78-79 means heater literally cycles every 30 minutes. Metal halides give the heater a break lol Mine is typically in that 72 range as well. My tank volume is, uh, a bit smaller than yours and more beholden to the MH heating it. It's also on an exterior wall and near an open window. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpb Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Lol that tail end of your temp graph is what mine looks like all the time. 72 degree house tank kept at 78-79 means heater literally cycles every 30 minutes. Metal halides give the heater a break lol Mine is typically in that 72 range as well. My tank volume is, uh, a bit smaller than yours and more beholden to the MH heating it. It's also on an exterior wall and near an open window. Yikes! Longer photoperiod for you when it starts freezing lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 By open i didn't mean open, confusing right? I meant unshaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Mine hasn't changed much. Heater cycles a lot more now that I switched to LED's from MH. I love the electrical bill, but I'm still on the fence overall. Some coral seem to like LED's some absolutely hate them. If there were dimmable MH, I'd be all over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I want to play too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 When it comes to apexes, you can always play Ty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 What do you keep your ambient temps at Ty and Jamie ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The heater turns on at 79.5 degrees and chiller/fans/exhaust vent come on around 81 degrees. I'll probably move down the temperature range now that winter is here so I'm not trying to heat up 250 gallons too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Here's my programming. Heater: Fallback OFFIf Temp < 77.5 Then ONIf Temp > 77.8 Then OFFIf Outlet Return_L_2 = OFF Then OFF Chiller: Fallback OFFIf Temp > 78.2 Then ONIf Temp < 78.0 Then OFFIf Outlet Return_L_2 = OFF Then OFF I have the heater thermostat set to about 81 and the chiller to about 75 as failsafes. Chiller rarely comes on anymore, but it was nice when my AC went out for a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted November 12, 2014 Author Share Posted November 12, 2014 What do y'all keep your house at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jestep Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Roughly 78 - 82 in the summer. We haven't had the heat or AC on in a while though so it's whatever it naturally heats or cools to. My guess right now would be something like 75 during the day (cooler the past 2 days) and probably 60 by morning. Just guessing though. I'll measure tomorrow morning if I can remember to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makena95GT Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Geeze make me feel like an eskimo. My place is at 70 and i just bumped it up to 72 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 In the summer I keep my house at 77 during the day, 76 at night. During the winter it's 72 during the day, 68 at night. Sent via Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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