my newest tan 72x24widex18 is refusing to go below the high 80's like 89 most times. i took the heaters out of the tank, the lighting is 48" qaud tube flourecent and running 2 emporer 400's and a small air stone. it never gets direct sunlight heck it is next to a north facing window that stays open. the light hangs about 8" above the tank with no canopy just plexi lids. its heating my whole crapin house up and its already claimed my lima.
tank wont cool down
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What is your room temp.?
Either you have a geothermal event going on in the tank (you could get rich) or you have a bad pump in a fliter heating the water.
If you can't readily tell which filter it is, shut one down and remove the bio-material and put it in a mesh bag and place it in the tank so it doesn't die. then run on the one filter for two days to see if the temp falls. If not repeat with the other filter. It is possible that both filters are causing the problem when in unison.
Keep us posted,
Dr Joe
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Either you have a geothermal event going on in the tank (you could get rich) or you have a bad pump in a fliter heating the water.
If you can't readily tell which filter it is, shut one down and remove the bio-material and put it in a mesh bag and place it in the tank so it doesn't die. then run on the one filter for two days to see if the temp falls. If not repeat with the other filter. It is possible that both filters are causing the problem when in unison.
Keep us posted,
Dr Joe
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Dr Joe;877655; said:
the pumps sound like the only heat source if the lights are off and heater unpluugedlast night i checked the temp in the filters with a baby thermometer(should be pretty accurate)and thay were the same temp as the tank. within .1 degrees. we have all the doors and windows open so the room is the same temp as out side 70 to 85. what are the chances that both of my brand new filters are crappin out. the lights are on during the day 14 hours aday off at night and no change in the morning
if it is the filters they are pumping as good as the day i set them up. is it common for emporer's to run that hot
unstopable4700;877688; said:
turn the lights off..........
if the tank stays hot IT HAS TO BE THE PUMPS !!!
You've already gotten great answers here. Let us know wut ya figure out.
On a side note. In about mid August here. I need to float my frozen 2 liter bottles (half full) of water in my tanks to keep them from over heating.
On a side note. In about mid August here. I need to float my frozen 2 liter bottles (half full) of water in my tanks to keep them from over heating.
unstopable4700;877684; said:
.1degrees huh...Wow, I could never get mine to read that close on the same place twice...
You DID wash it before and after didn't you!?!
Take the hoses from one filter and put them in a 5g bucket of tank water, check the temp then run it for an hour as a closed system and see if it heats up. do the same with the other one and compare. Heat is accumulative.
Emporers don't run hot enough to cause a temp shift like yours (being that outside temp is so much lower) to answer your question.
Turning off the lights for a 24 period will not harm anything either (just like a rotten day in paridise).
Dr Joe
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