Upgraded tank...now i have heat problem

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BigStun

[I have upgraded from a 130 to a 180. The only difference in equipment is I took away the pc lighting and replaced it with vho lighting as an actinic supplement for my halides. I now have a bigger skimmer and a large inline return pump (dolphin 3000). I have two icecap fans in the canopy blowing cold air in. The temp is ranging from 78-83, which isn't horrible...but I would like to get the temp more stable. I am evaporating nearly 2 gallons a day which is a bit much, right? Suggestions?]
 
[A few options to stabilize:

1) Raise the halides a couple inches (good)
2) Add a fan blowing down on the sump (good)
3) Get a chiller (expensive)
4) Set your heater at 83 (bad)]
 
[Adding a nice size fan on the sump will do wonders for cheap. Evaporation is not a bad thing. There really is no such thing as to much. It cools and allows you to add things to the make up water (aka kalk) if need be.]
 
[My canopy has an Icecap fan blowing in from the back and an Icecap sucking air out through the top which gives the canopy an exhaust. I think this works great! My tank never gets above 79F with 2X250 Halides, 2 Actinic VHO, and 2 55w PC Actinic.

Oh and I also have a fan blowing over the sump and evaporate about 2 gallons a day.

75 Gallon Tank]
 
[1) Raise the halides a couple inches (good)
-No room in canopy for that
2) Add a fan blowing down on the sump (good)
-I tried getting one yesterday, but walmart doesnt carry any clip-on fans untill summer, maybe I'll check Home Depot or do one like Marc's
3) Get a chiller (expensive)
-don't think the problem is that bad
4) Set your heater at 83 (bad)
-maybe as a last resort

Now that I think about it...2 gallons isn't that much for evaporation. All this talk about Aquacontrollers are making me want one, I like the different functions that can help control heat.]



Edited By BigStun on 1104953910
 
[The only clip on fan I've ever found this time of year was at Frye's and its not that great.

Its not that powerful and it has a metal grill.]
 
[go into the computer dept. they have case fans that are 40 or 80 mm that should do the trick. they are 12 volt so you will nee dto obtain an adapter for there operation. all you have to do is go forward with confidence that you will not shock the heck out of your girl or worse he father in law,...hjjjjejejejejekekekekekekejejje :rasp: :rasp:]
 
[I already have some extra 12 volt fans...I was thinking something like this might work. The inside of my stand is warm, so I'm figuring a fan this large would help cool the water and get some of that warm air out of the stand. This particular one is 120 volts and has two different speed settings.]



Edited By BigStun on 1104993422
 
@BigStun wrote:
[I already have some extra 12 volt fans...I was thinking something like this might work. The inside of my stand is warm said:
[That fan might work for you, but I tried one like it once and it is pretty wimpie as far as cooling much. A couple of good, strong fans mounted behind you tank and blowing across the water will do wonders. It cut my chiller time in less than half.]
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