Temperature Rising

Carebearsss.x · Jun 10, 2020

Hey everyone!
So we have a 13.5 g Evo Tank & for some reason the temapture is running EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY high!
( 86,85,83,82 degrees f)
We unplugged the heater & the AC is running on full blast..

Any ideas on why this may be happening!?!?!?

I just bought $150 worth of corals & I don't want them to die

Carebearsss.x · Jun 10, 2020

The only thing that we changed, is that we bought the Fluval mini Protein Skimmer & put that in..

sfin52 · Jun 10, 2020

Is the tank getting any sunlight and you may have a heater fail on

Luis1992 · Jun 10, 2020

Also try a different thermometer. Those can be very iffy

Carebearsss.x · Jun 10, 2020

sfin52 said:
Is the tank getting any sunlight and you may have a heater fail on

No, we have it in a corner and all the curtains are covering the sun

sfin52 · Jun 10, 2020

Carebearsss.x said:
No, we have it in a corner and all the curtains are covering the sun

Is the area around the tank heating up. Could be a dead area.

Carebearsss.x · Jun 10, 2020

Luis1992 said:
Also try a different thermometer. Those can be very iffy

What thermometer do you recommend? Right now we are using this

Carebearsss.x · Jun 10, 2020

sfin52 said:
Is the area around the tank heating up. Could be a dead area.

I never thought of that

Luis1992 · Jun 10, 2020

Carebearsss.x said:
What thermometer do you recommend? Right now we are using this

I typically use 3 different ones. One is part of my apex. Another is the old school non digital style. Those are my favorite

Uncle99 · Jun 10, 2020

Assuming your heater is working properly, we have had a number of heat warnings in the past weeks, (another heat alert today) and 13.5g is small water which can heat up quite easy.

Is this a problem that just showed up recently?

Put a fan on the tank and see what happens...

Carebearsss.x · Jun 10, 2020

Uncle99 said:
Assuming your heater is working properly, we have had a number of heat warnings in the past weeks, (another heat alert today) and 13.5g is small water which can heat up quite easy.

Is this a problem that just showed up recently?

Put a fan on the tank and see what happens...

Yeah!! It just showed up in the past few days, we are going to try and bring our portable AC into our room & see what happens

Uncle99 · Jun 10, 2020

Then either the heater is stuck in the “on” position (which is common), your room is not cool enough, or a pump or motor is jammed and heating the water.

For reference, I keep my home at 23c year round, my tank at 25c, and no fluctuations at all.

You may find it useful to add on a Ronco, or Inkbird temp controller which will save your tank if in fact your heater ever gets stuck in the on position.