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MedcinMn
03/27/2006, 10:39 PM
What are acceptable temperature swings? My tank this a.m. was 77.2, by this afternoon 78.6, my lights came on about 5 hours about and it's 80.2. It's a stock Aquapod 24 that I just set up 2 days ago. I don't have anything in it except for 2" aragonite sand that I seeded with 2 cups of sand from an established tank.
E-A-G-L-E-S
03/27/2006, 10:47 PM
you could try either:
a. put a fan on during lighted hours
b. turn your heater up 1 degree so there is less of a swing
MedcinMn
03/27/2006, 11:25 PM
The hood has a fan, I don't use a heater as I live in Florida, it will be hot enough pretty soon, LOL!
E-A-G-L-E-S
03/27/2006, 11:27 PM
no a desktop clip-on fan blowing across water....or any external fan blowing across water

or for now to help stabilize, use a heater and set it to 78 degrees with your therm.
waterfaller1
03/28/2006, 06:18 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7057024#post7057024 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MedcinMn
The hood has a fan, I don't use a heater as I live in Florida, it will be hot enough pretty soon, LOL! I live in Fla and use heaters in all my tanks. Stability.;) An acceptible swing is 1 or 2 degrees max.