Everyone surviving the heat?

[Gordo]

I've got the hood open and bags of ice floating. Temp is a stead 84. I think I'll be okay.

MtnDewMan,

How's that new chiller holding up in the heat wave?


~Gordo~

[arkman]

one of the few resons Im happy runing VHO instead of MH ;)

[chich]

Lights off, and steady at 82 or so. (of course I am just doing fresh water test so no real worries here.)

Chich

[me_rob]

I only turn the lights on for about 2 hours then of. Temp. raises about 2 deg. in that time. no probs. here!

[Zack S]

My tank is down stairs were it is like 5 degrees colder, tank hood also has a fan so I am doing good.

[MtnDewMan]

Defiantely a heatwave here. It was 91F inside my house yesterday. The chiller runs MUCH more but has kept the tank at 80 or 81 ... not too bad :) Thank goodness I got it when I did.

Good luck in the heat everyone

[northstaraquatics]

My heaters finally shut off for the first time in months. Temp in the tank is a sweltering 77.5. I sure hope my Little Temp is acurate...

Jon

[katchupoy]

Friday was a scorcher, and like Mtndewman, I have a 91F inside our apt. Good thing I bought a stand fan a week before. My tanks highest was 80F. Plus 4 deg without the fan.

[SlowBoat]

Saturday was the hottest day for me. The house temp went up to 86. I am so happy that I installed an Aqua Logic chiller two weeks earlier. I was able to keep the tank between 80 and 82 all day with all 4 400w MH running.

[Mushroom Boy]

It was definitely WAY too hot this past weekend! My tank spiked up to 88.7 for about 6 hours. I installed a second fan, which brought it back down to about 80. Luckily, nobody seems too stressed out about the spike I had...

Paul.

[CarlS]

I live in a top floor condo that faces the sun as it sets. It gets crazy hot in my place during the summer. Last year I bought a air conditioner that's on wheels for $100. It's 6,000 btu's, I have that thing blowing on the corner of my 55g and sump below. So far it's kept the temp below 86. But that doesn't help me at all!

I ordered a 12,000 btu airconditioner to hopefully cool my condo down. Can't wait for it to get here.

Carl

[skylsdale]

You silly "206ers" without your AC...when will you learn. :p

[Grouper Dog]

I am glad to see this heat wave over as I am sure most of you are too. My tank is located on the lower level of my house so it usually stays at least 5-10 degrees cooler there so my tank only got to 82. A good point was made earlier about the accuratecy of the thermometers we use. I have checked my digital one I use with some other standard glass ones just to make sure my readings are close to accurate. I have heard stories of people who have found there readings up to 3-5 degrees off, not a problem normally but when a heat wave hits it can become one if it is off on the high side.

[jazznreef]

during the heat wave my tank spiked at 84, way too close for comfort considering it's only june! i was already up to 3 fans in the hood and didn't know what to do next. in a casual conversation with shroomboy, he suggested putting a fan over my sump, so off to wal mart i went. picked up an 8 inch black and decker for 12 bugs and placed it near my sump and voila, spikes went down to 80 and lows hover near 78. of course i have to add a couple more gallons per day, but what the heck, better than buying a 600 buck chiller. thanks shroomer!

[Sweettoothbear]

Mine never got above 81.2,but only running 440V.H.O.