WAVES Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 its 90 degrees in here and climbing, how is everyone doing out there with the heat? its not even HOT HOT yet outside but its hot in here! Ive got lots of ice waiting to go into sumps when the time comes, everyone else hangin in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 We have a chiller for the big tank and a chiller for the people in the house... so we're all doing good! And I have made it a point not to set foot outside until it cools down! Well, until tomorrow that is! Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Lets see i had the auto temp in my car set at 65 after my round of golf today. The house is 72 and the tank its 79. you may have to do an emengency 1/2 livestock sale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 been through 15 blocks of ice,,, Ill probably have to go back to work in an hour or so and do another round of ice in every tank. Im sure its not good for the tanks, but its gotta be better than 90 degree water. wish the [language filter] AC guys would hurry up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 am sure with this mini heat wave they will be swamped. My friend who owns a ac co starts lining up clients via value or cash offerings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 It's supposed to be 100 here for Sunday/Monday. The living room with the tanks is 73 with the help of our trusty old window a/c. Tanks are at 79. If the a/c ever goes out, I'll have to go for the baggies full of ice! I remember the days without the little a/c and it was intolerable in our house by evening. We spent a lot of time at the mall then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 All good here. House at 74, tank at 78, & the pool feels real nice. Cuda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Yeah I am floating ice...My tank is up at about 82 with the halide off, everything seems to be doing well...so hopefully we can make it though this heat wave...Wish chillers were chearper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ahbrit Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 my 1hp chiller isnt even plugged in anymore :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 my 1hp chiller isnt even plugged in anymore :-P Yeah, must be nice...A little to much money for me and overkill for a 50gal tank (laugh) (laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I topped out at 83.7 :( Too high. I'm reducing and shifting the photo period on my MH lighting, and am freezing some small water bottles to float. I just float them in my sump, upstream from the heaters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 I topped out at 83.7 :( Too high. I'm reducing and shifting the photo period on my MH lighting' date=' and am freezing some small water bottles to float. I just float them in my sump, upstream from the heaters?[/quote'] yeah, pretty much...however I did this today and they did not do much, they melt to fast. I am now moving up to 1 gallon apple juice jug and see how well this does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spayne Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Before we got a chiller for the big tank, we used to freeze two liter pop bottles with water. But let me tell you, if you can ever get a chiller... do it! I wasn't keen on the thought of spending a wad of cash on an "air conditioner" for the tank, but the peace of mind from running a chiller is worth every penny! But I know, it's a big investment! Stacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Joel how you doing in day two of the heat wave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coker98 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 this is ridiculous. my tank is sittin at about 84-85 and i ran out of frozen water bottles. this sucks!!!! it is about 100 degrees here in corvallis. hope everyone is doing good. im going to move and get a portable ac unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 We had serious problems (not just for the tanks, but us humans too) until we put in a cheapo little window air conditioner. It's not really powerful enough for the size of the room, but manages to keep the temp at 75 tops if we close the windows early in the morning, and run a fan pulling in cool air at night. I also have a fan going over the sump all the time, which really makes a difference. My tank temp used to go up to 83 (from 77). Now 79 is tops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 well Im at 70 blocks of ice and counting. Ran some lights today intermitten based on customer flow. was upto 95 inside. I put a thermometer outside in the shade out front, peaked at 105. The western exposure here just COOKS the front of my building late day. I hosed down the front of the building and roof for about 3 hours. Its down to 89 degrees inside (8:00pm) so I opened up the front and ran my ghetto swamp cooloer (i use a fine mist infront of a 4 foot tall fan) hopefully that will chill the air enough coming in that I can keep reducing the temp inside. its still hotter outside, but Its gotta be dryer air than in here. its stale and sticky gross inside. I seriously considering sleeping here tonight so I can leave the front big door open to chill the whole building overnight. Tomorrow is gonna suck even worse since I dont have a good way to cool everything down tonight. Luckly a customer is letting me borrow his drop in chiller for the cube tank in the office, I just rigged up an exhaust out the window for it so Ill probably run the AC unit I have for the office. its kind of a joke but it did keep the office about 5-10 degrees cooler than the rest of the shop. The problem is it just dumps the heat back into the rest of the shop. its really only good for my comfort not the critters. Luckly there is a 5 ton AC unit in the forcast for waves. Hopefully in the comming weeks it will be pleasent in here. Wish everyone the best dealing with it,,, Im right there with ya, only my lively hood is on the line. Keith, is your chiller for sale? how much? PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barleychown Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 83 in the tank, 92 in the house. Only 3 more weeks or so until I have central air! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 My tank is downstairs in a daylight basement. I installed a dual exhaust fan my wife wisely picked up at Freddies, it is blowing warm room air out the window -- cool air is coming down the stairs from the upstairs in-window air conditioners. I'm also leaving the metal halides off for the next day or so. My SPS collection is limited to a single Monti frag that seems to be the toughtest coral in the world... it loves it so I think I'll be ok on the much lower photo period. Anyways, tank temp stayed below 81F all day which is a lot better than yesterday's high of almost 84. Didn't have to float the frozen water bottles, either. I'm feeling pretty lucky. I stopped in at Upscales this afternoon (returning from a failed trip to the coast... major MAJOR accident 40mi W of Salem closed the highway for hours, foring an about-face) and it was boiling in there. I felt compelled to rescue a nice little 2-head Hammer from the heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Wow, hope everyone comes out ok, just have to make it thru Monday it looks like, then Tues should be about 10 degrees cooler. In my new house (energystar) with the heat pump we stayed at 71 all day, tank was at 80. My sump fan kicked on for about an hour but that was it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UPSCALES Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 Yea, we have Ac and it is still getting up to 85 in here. Need a bigger unit. I feel for you Joel. I hate summer. Bring on 50 and rain. I'll take that any day over this heat. Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I had to buy either a chiller for tank or AC for the house. I went with a 2 ton AC for the house, tank at 78, house at 72. Wife is actually happy about this purchase. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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