2 ques: temperature and long tentacle plate

AJinNY · 10-19-2004, 02:01 PM

Here's 2 questions within one post.

1.) The temperature of my tank is always about 83 degrees. My white lights have a fan on it so I am hoping the lights arent causing the problem. My heater was set to 78 I moved it to 76 but I know thats not the problem either since I never ever see my heater turning on. In the sump I have a skimmer and the pump that pumps the water back into the tank.....could the equipment in the sump ne whats causing the heat? Is it the lights? OR since my tank is covered maybe any heat at all cant escape? Maybe I should cut out a few inches in the back of the cover so that heat can escape? When I do water changes I purposely make sure the water is cooler hoping it would lower the temperature...but no luck.

2.) I got a long tentacle green plate. Gorgeous color and the tentacles all got long like the torch.....BUT in the last 2 days the front half portion of the plate the tentacles dont open up and it looks like some of the green is gone almost like the tentacles melted away or something. Is the problem the temperature? Or is something else at work? OR are these plates just too delicate for the relative beginner? If I bring it back to my friend at the lfs u think they could nurse it back to help or once it starts to turn bad its too late to salvage it.

These corals are frustrating me - maybe I should go to fish only. BUT my mushrooms and my pink sinularia are doing incredibly.

hunterd_67 · 10-19-2004, 02:09 PM

I would say all 3, i'd cut out some of the back and add a couple of xtra fans

NaH2O · 10-19-2004, 03:28 PM

AJinNY - try taking the cover off the tank, see what the temp stablizes at. If it is still high, add a fan to blow onto the sump. These will help with evaporative cooling. My tank was having issues this summer - temps reaching almost 84ºF, and I have for fans blowing out of my canopy, no cover on my tank, and a 6 inch fan on the sump. As soon as I added a 9 inch fan to blow on my sump (even kept the 6inch fan off), I no longer had heat issues. I evaporated more water, but my temp was stabilized.

On the plate coral, is the skeleton showing where you said the green is gone?

AJinNY · 10-19-2004, 03:38 PM

I cant take the cover off because I wont have anyplace to rest my lights on. Also Im afraid some fish would jump out. Maybe I just have to cut some holes in the back of the cover to help heat escape. My sump is cramped enough as it is so I dont know where I could possibly put a fan?

The long green tentacle plate? The skeleton showing? Well at first I thought it was a "web" covering that portion of the plate....but i have a feeling something is wrong and the tentacles "melted". I cant explain it. I jsut hope its not too late.

Thanks for the responses.

fidojoe · 10-19-2004, 04:14 PM

Those clip on fans work great over sumps if you don't have much room. You could also get 1 or 2 small 3-4" fans and set them up on top of the tank blowing across the surface of the water, and make sure there's a place for fresh air to circulate in/out of the canopy. I had one 3" fan on one end of my tank, and my temp was still 82-93, then I played around with it and moved it to the middle of the tank just sitting on the eggcrate top, and my tank is now a stable 80 deg.

BoomerD · 10-19-2004, 04:44 PM

You don't say what your lights are, but if you replace the glass top with egg crate, that will open the top ur, and allow the tank to cool much better, and will give you a place to rest your lights, as well as keeping in the jumpers...

AJinNY · 10-31-2004, 05:51 PM

More on the eggcrate.....

I took off the front glass hinge on my glass cover and intend to replace that part with eggcrate so that should help drop the temperature by a few degrees.

1.) can eggcrate be cut with scissors? Or do I need something stronger like a wire cutter?

2.) I went to 4, count em, FOUR hardware stores....one was sold out....one didnt have it and the other 2 had no clue what I was talking about.....WHERE CAN I GET EGGCRATE???

Sometimes its the small things that drive me bonkers!

Thanks all.

AJ

10-19-2004, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
AJinNY Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 720 View Gallery Karma Komment	2 ques: temperature and long tentacle plate Here's 2 questions within one post. 1.) The temperature of my tank is always about 83 degrees. My white lights have a fan on it so I am hoping the lights arent causing the problem. My heater was set to 78 I moved it to 76 but I know thats not the problem either since I never ever see my heater turning on. In the sump I have a skimmer and the pump that pumps the water back into the tank.....could the equipment in the sump ne whats causing the heat? Is it the lights? OR since my tank is covered maybe any heat at all cant escape? Maybe I should cut out a few inches in the back of the cover so that heat can escape? When I do water changes I purposely make sure the water is cooler hoping it would lower the temperature...but no luck. 2.) I got a long tentacle green plate. Gorgeous color and the tentacles all got long like the torch.....BUT in the last 2 days the front half portion of the plate the tentacles dont open up and it looks like some of the green is gone almost like the tentacles melted away or something. Is the problem the temperature? Or is something else at work? OR are these plates just too delicate for the relative beginner? If I bring it back to my friend at the lfs u think they could nurse it back to help or once it starts to turn bad its too late to salvage it. These corals are frustrating me - maybe I should go to fish only. BUT my mushrooms and my pink sinularia are doing incredibly.

10-19-2004, 02:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
hunterd_67 Neon dottyback Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: P.A. Posts: 649 View Gallery Karma Komment	I would say all 3, i'd cut out some of the back and add a couple of xtra fans __________________ Honorary Flood Club Member Feb. 13, 2005

10-19-2004, 03:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
NaH2O Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 1,928 View Gallery Karma Komment	AJinNY - try taking the cover off the tank, see what the temp stablizes at. If it is still high, add a fan to blow onto the sump. These will help with evaporative cooling. My tank was having issues this summer - temps reaching almost 84ºF, and I have for fans blowing out of my canopy, no cover on my tank, and a 6 inch fan on the sump. As soon as I added a 9 inch fan to blow on my sump (even kept the 6inch fan off), I no longer had heat issues. I evaporated more water, but my temp was stabilized. On the plate coral, is the skeleton showing where you said the green is gone? __________________ ~Nikki~

10-19-2004, 04:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
fidojoe Fish Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 1,581 View Gallery Karma Komment	Those clip on fans work great over sumps if you don't have much room. You could also get 1 or 2 small 3-4" fans and set them up on top of the tank blowing across the surface of the water, and make sure there's a place for fresh air to circulate in/out of the canopy. I had one 3" fan on one end of my tank, and my temp was still 82-93, then I played around with it and moved it to the middle of the tank just sitting on the eggcrate top, and my tank is now a stable 80 deg. __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* My Tank: 90g AGA, 18g tall sump, CSS 220 w/ meshmod impeller, 4x54w Tek T5 retro w/ IC reflectors, Kalk reactor w/ aquamedic niveaumat system, a few SPS, LPS, zoos, and a few softies, 2 Ocellaris Clowns (hosted by both a RBTA and GBTA), Yellow Watchman, Potter's angel, Yellow Tang, Foxface, Midas Blenny, Purple Pseudo, huge brittle star, 2 tigertail cukes, fire shrimp, snails, and unfortunately two emerald crabs (the bubble algae got out of control).

10-19-2004, 04:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,637 View Gallery Karma Komment	You don't say what your lights are, but if you replace the glass top with egg crate, that will open the top ur, and allow the tank to cool much better, and will give you a place to rest your lights, as well as keeping in the jumpers... __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

10-19-2004, 03:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
AJinNY Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 720 View Gallery Karma Komment	I cant take the cover off because I wont have anyplace to rest my lights on. Also Im afraid some fish would jump out. Maybe I just have to cut some holes in the back of the cover to help heat escape. My sump is cramped enough as it is so I dont know where I could possibly put a fan? The long green tentacle plate? The skeleton showing? Well at first I thought it was a "web" covering that portion of the plate....but i have a feeling something is wrong and the tentacles "melted". I cant explain it. I jsut hope its not too late. Thanks for the responses.

10-31-2004, 05:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
AJinNY Plate Coral Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 720 View Gallery Karma Komment	More on the eggcrate..... I took off the front glass hinge on my glass cover and intend to replace that part with eggcrate so that should help drop the temperature by a few degrees. 1.) can eggcrate be cut with scissors? Or do I need something stronger like a wire cutter? 2.) I went to 4, count em, FOUR hardware stores....one was sold out....one didnt have it and the other 2 had no clue what I was talking about.....WHERE CAN I GET EGGCRATE??? Sometimes its the small things that drive me bonkers! Thanks all. AJ

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