I'm planning on incorporating an automatic water changer into my 300 gallon system (figuring on ~350 gallons including wet/dry/sump/etc).
Since the ambient room temp here in AZ tends to be around 78F or so, I don't need nearly as high wattage heater as I used back when I lived in SD and the ambient room temp was around 68F. However, I will be dripping in ~3GPH of cooler water via my water changing system and was wondering how to best go about adjusting my heating needs for this new water. Granted, it's less than 1% of the total tank volume being added per hour, so it won't impact the tank's temp too much, but I'm sure I need to compensate for this some.
What would you guys recommend as far as a heating solution for me if I wanted to stay steady at the good ole standby of 78F? What if you were doing Discus in this tank (tank temp of ~84F)?
Thanks!
Since the ambient room temp here in AZ tends to be around 78F or so, I don't need nearly as high wattage heater as I used back when I lived in SD and the ambient room temp was around 68F. However, I will be dripping in ~3GPH of cooler water via my water changing system and was wondering how to best go about adjusting my heating needs for this new water. Granted, it's less than 1% of the total tank volume being added per hour, so it won't impact the tank's temp too much, but I'm sure I need to compensate for this some.
What would you guys recommend as far as a heating solution for me if I wanted to stay steady at the good ole standby of 78F? What if you were doing Discus in this tank (tank temp of ~84F)?
Thanks!