heating a 150g & koralia 4s pumps heat?

mujtba · #1 07/10/2007, 01:08 PM

so in my 150g tank, i have two 300w heaters set to 78degs.

i have two Koralia 4s and one maxijet 400.

the temp reads at 82 most of the time, even without lights in the morning... with lights in evening its maybe 82.5-83....

so in the morning for the 82deg, should i set both heaters to 76deg?

how much heat do the pumps i have put out? 1deg each??

is it safe to lower the heaters down, or will the temp go up and down too much when lights go on??

rbursek · #2 07/10/2007, 04:29 PM

If the heaters are set at 78 now and if your tank is running a stable82-83* the heaters should not have to come on anyway, unless you would set them higher then your tank temp.

RichConley · #3 07/10/2007, 04:45 PM

rbursek, heaters are notorious for being innacurate.

We're talking what, 60w total from the hydors and the maxijet? I dont think thats going to do a whole lot as far as heat goes. A degree total at most.

mujtba · #4 07/11/2007, 06:34 AM

thats strange.. so i set the heaters to 76deg last night and today morning my temp still read 82deg!!! whats goin on? i put the thermometer under water and it did lower so it works.. somethings fishy!

drock59 · #5 09/28/2007, 06:43 PM

update?