How hot is too hot???
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am I missing something...shouldn't the tank be slightly less than the room's ambient temp? my house is at 74-75 degrees with central air running and my tropical tanks heaters are on full bore almost 24/7 to keep the tanks up at 80...I'd gauge my NA native tanks at roughly 70 degrees, no temp control in them at all.
Larger pumps can generate quite a bit of heat. As well depending on how sealed a system is that can prevent heat from escaping as well. Lights and other electrical equipment can also generate additional heat depending on where they are. Lights resting on the lid will ones suspended will have less of an impact unless its something like metal halides which produce quite a bit of heat.
I mean ok but I feel like that's an extraordinary amount in this system....I guess I don't use heavy duty lights at all, and my pumps from the sump tanks aren't producing much.
I have one tank in my dining room. Old hagen 6' 108gallon. Has a rena xp3 as the main filtration. Aside from that is the 3 light fixtures that rest on the lid. No heaters. Ambient room temp is can vary. Lowest would be 68. Even still the tank tends to run a couple degrees warmer at least. The other day it was almost 6 degrees warmer than the room itself.
Another example was at a former job we would run systems of 700 to 100 gallons (approx.) off of 3/4 hp pool pumps. Most of the systems were ran without heaters and with an ambient room temp of 72-74, the systems would usually hit 78 to 84.
You would think so and my tank is not huge but not tiny either. My sump is about 150 gallons or so. I also have a submersible pump instead of external, so mine would generate more heat that others. Its great in the winter time, but not so much the summer lol. Submersible is rated at 6k gph...
im sure someone else has chimed in but i opened my lids and put a fan facing the water. temperature in my garage was 86 and the temp in the tank went down low enough for the heater to go back on 
worked great
worked great
from what I've noticed, it's quite popular here in Asia to have stingray tanks operating at 31 Celsius which is pretty much 88 degrees on a consistent normal basis. And I mean it's very vey wide spread with so many breeders all across the board. I keep mine at 31 with ATFs and they all seem to be fine as well. Occasionally i let the temp drop to 26-27 during a big water change.
Well being that is the temperature in their natural habitat that would not be unusual to them
just wondering if you are spending $400 on electric cause you are running the a/c why not just buy the chiller and your electric bill would be a lot less $
