HELP: My fish tank makes my room so hot.

ICRS

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I have a HQI MH light that produces a lot of heat, so I have a cooling device that transfers heat from the water to surrounding air. It works great at making sure the water stays with in 1 degree of 80 for my fish. The problem is it heats up my room, making it around 10 degrees warmer than the rest of the house. We keep our AC at 80, so my room gets to around 90 degree in the day. :( What can I do?

Removing the cooling device for the tank is NOT an option.
 
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That's like saying "I've got this thorn in my foot, it's causing me pain, what should I do?".....:confused:

Or you could talk to this guy:

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ICRS

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Originally posted by: sonoma1993
turn off the light? or buy a water heater that goes inside the tank

I have coral, this light is needed. I do have a separate heater at night for the tank.
 

BoomerD

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Your only viable options are to install a room airconditioner, or to vent the heat outside.

Why aren't you asking these kinds of questions on a reef forum instead of here?

You'd get MUCH more intelligent answers.

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/
 

Jester22

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Either jump in the tank to cool yourself off, maybe even socialize with the fish and really get to know them, or buy an AC. =)
 

thomsbrain

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1. Buy box fan
2. Plug in box fan
3. Place box fan in door, pointing in.
4. Turn on box fan
5. Profit!
 

BoomerD

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Originally posted by: BouZouki
Plumb the water chiller to the basement or some other room.......

That's a good recommendation. I know several people who have moved their chillers outside to get rid of the excess heat they produce. You just have to be sure they aren't exposed to the weather. Most aren't meant to get wet.
 

ICRS

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Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: BouZouki
Plumb the water chiller to the basement or some other room.......

That's a good recommendation. I know several people who have moved their chillers outside to get rid of the excess heat they produce. You just have to be sure they aren't exposed to the weather. Most aren't meant to get wet.

Hmmm the bedroom next to mines is being unused, and their is already a hole in the wall from my room to it, I think I might move the chiller to there. What is great is the hole is located directly behind the tank. The hole was intended to feed a cable line from my room to it.
 

trOver

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Originally posted by: wwswimming

how many watts do the filter & lights & everything consume ?

would love to see pics.

No kidding. Lights that raise your room temp 10 degrees? pics !
 

spaceman

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have an a heating and cooling guy come by and figure it out
and then be ready to have him come by every week for "maitenance"
 

BoomerD

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My last reef tank (180 gallons) ran 3X250 watt metal halides. They added quite a bit of heat to the room. I never did run a chiller though. I vented the lighting canopy into the room and lived with the increased warmth. (and humidity, but I did run a dehumidifier to help with the excess moisture)
 

trmiv

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Originally posted by: BoomerD
My last reef tank (180 gallons) ran 3X250 watt metal halides. They added quite a bit of heat to the room. I never did run a chiller though. I vented the lighting canopy into the room and lived with the increased warmth. (and humidity, but I did run a dehumidifier to help with the excess moisture)

Yea I never ran a chiller with my 2x250's over a 90. Just a fan over the sump. Now I'm using 5x39w T5's over my 65, much less heat. I do still need the fan though. Unfortunately now that I live in NC the fan thing doesn't work quite as well during the summer due to the humidity, so I doubt I could handle a larger tank or metal halides with just a fan.
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: BoomerD
My last reef tank (180 gallons) ran 3X250 watt metal halides. They added quite a bit of heat to the room. I never did run a chiller though. I vented the lighting canopy into the room and lived with the increased warmth. (and humidity, but I did run a dehumidifier to help with the excess moisture)

I built a big wooden canopy (2 feet tall) for my 2x250 MHs on my 75g reef. The back was open and I had a 8" computer fan on each end to pull in cool air. I had three other aquariums as well, but they didn't add too much heat.

I had a windows AC unit to help with the heat.
 

BoomerD

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Originally posted by: trmiv
Originally posted by: BoomerD
My last reef tank (180 gallons) ran 3X250 watt metal halides. They added quite a bit of heat to the room. I never did run a chiller though. I vented the lighting canopy into the room and lived with the increased warmth. (and humidity, but I did run a dehumidifier to help with the excess moisture)

Yea I never ran a chiller with my 2x250's over a 90. Just a fan over the sump. Now I'm using 5x39w T5's over my 65, much less heat. I do still need the fan though. Unfortunately now that I live in NC the fan thing doesn't work quite as well during the summer due to the humidity, so I doubt I could handle a larger tank or metal halides with just a fan.

Hey Ted...good to see you've gotten back into the hobby. There are several nj reef clubs. Have you checked any of them out?

If I ever set up another reef tank, I'll go with the T5's instead of halides. I've used VHO's for non-SPS reeefs with good results, and the T5's are the next gen for that...I REALLY like the Solaris hoods, (LED's for the rest of youse) but the price has to come way down before they'll be attractive to me.