I have a 32 biocube. I set it up about a week and half ago, got all the items I needed from my local fish store. The biocube is stock. I have 19 pounds of live rock and 20 pounds of live sand, with a bag of carbon and bioballs in the filter, in the first chamber there is a “accu-therm heater made in 2014” and a biocube protein skimmer. I had my heater set to 78 and the tank read 82 so I call the fish store and they says just turn the heater down until you reach 78. So I gradually turn it down everyday, and now my heater is on 65 and the water is reading 78.6. I felt the leds and it’s not hot to the touch. And the tank is in my bedroom with an ambient temp of 70-75(mostly 73) but the water shouldn’t be has hot as it is? And I’m don’t know what to do anymore? Any ideals?
Tank is Hot.
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I ha e unplugged the heater for the night, and am going to wait and see what the temp is in the morning. If the temp is a lot lower. I was thinking about get the cobalt neo-therm heater ? It looks pretty good? I’m really new and don’t understand a lot, but I learn fast. Thank you for your help. Any ideas on a good heater?
Reef of Fillory
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I could never get my biocube under 81 degrees with the hood on, it was one of my major considerations when I decided to take the hood off and use sbreef lights instead. Leaving the feeding hatch open and/or cracking open the hood with something will help bring the temps down.
kyleinpdx
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Your pumps, your lighting, will all produce waste heat that will then be absorbed into the water column. Yes a faulty heater/thermometer could be giving you a false reading, however IMO its also entirely possible that with your ambient temps, the equipment running and the closed nature of that tank its equilibrium temp is that 78.6 your receiving.
I will open the feeding hatch to help cool it down tonight. I kind of hope the heater is messed up that way I can just get a new one and it would all be good. LolI could never get my biocube under 81 degrees with the hood on, it was one of my major considerations when I decided to take the hood off and use sbreef lights instead. Leaving the feeding hatch open and/or cracking open the hood with something will help bring the temps down.
When I was running my 13.5 gal fluval set up I was running the neo-therm and that was dead on accurate is was scary. Sadly couldn't get my ammonia down so got rid of it but now I have a 120
sfin52
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^a couple of customers at my lfs have said the same thing temp running high. It's a very tight system. The heat stayin in the water.
A lot of heaters are dumb. Here's why imo. Depending on whether you have , you like the guy said and turn it down till you get the correct temp.
Really. It's in the instructions.
My spendy enheim is actually the same. But it has a ring that's +- so you can calibrate it to the temp.
Dumb right?
I have a cheap controller in both of mine now. It's set for 83 on the heater (kinda+-) and the controller has a probe and is set exactly to 77
Really. It's in the instructions.
My spendy enheim is actually the same. But it has a ring that's +- so you can calibrate it to the temp.
Dumb right?
I have a cheap controller in both of mine now. It's set for 83 on the heater (kinda+-) and the controller has a probe and is set exactly to 77
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This should work but I would have the fan blowing up away from the tank as it should pull heat from the tank. I would also leave the feeding hatch open as that should allow some heat exchange
