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koffee · 04-16-2008, 01:16 PM

My tank stays at 79-80 nearly all of the time. Early on, I've had occassional drops to 77-78, but those were rare. I have the heater set to keep the tank at the average minimum to prevent any major drops.

The house was very warm last night. I noticed it as soon as I walked in the door. Our house heat gets flaky when we're inbetween seasons. Hopefully we are right around the corner from turning off the heat for good until next winter.

If the tank gets hot because the room gets hot, I'm not sure how much a fan would do. I will keep that in mind, though. The tank is close to the back door, so last night, I just kept the door open for a while, letting the cool (c. 34F) night air in.

p.s. A couple of years ago, before I had this tank, we went away for the weekend and forgot to shut one of the windows. I dropped to 15-20 below for the whole weekend, and we came back to a room temperature of the upper 40s to low 50s! We normally try to keep our house in the upper 60s.

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koffee Midas Blenny Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Alaska Posts: 119 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: An Alaskan Reef (38G) My tank stays at 79-80 nearly all of the time. Early on, I've had occassional drops to 77-78, but those were rare. I have the heater set to keep the tank at the average minimum to prevent any major drops. The house was very warm last night. I noticed it as soon as I walked in the door. Our house heat gets flaky when we're inbetween seasons. Hopefully we are right around the corner from turning off the heat for good until next winter. If the tank gets hot because the room gets hot, I'm not sure how much a fan would do. I will keep that in mind, though. The tank is close to the back door, so last night, I just kept the door open for a while, letting the cool (c. 34F) night air in. p.s. A couple of years ago, before I had this tank, we went away for the weekend and forgot to shut one of the windows. I dropped to 15-20 below for the whole weekend, and we came back to a room temperature of the upper 40s to low 50s! We normally try to keep our house in the upper 60s. __________________ An Alaskan Reef: 40G Tank + 38G Sump/Fuge with mushrooms, Xenia, GSP, some LPS, Coral Beauty, Lawnmower Blenny, Sea Hare, a pair of Ocellaris, Skunk Cleaner and Peppermint Shrimp, and various snails.