Cooling required in Ohio?

[jsweir]

Last reef setup I had was in Florida, so had to be careful with cooling off the tank. Here we keep the central air at 75. Have 4 five ft t5s and 3 reefi duo extremes inside an open canopy, haven't decided if return pump will be internal or external yet. Thinking about putting some fans in the canopy and run them off the icecap controller. Should that be sufficient? Tank is a 240 6' x 2' x 30"

[dbjonesjr]

I probably would. I have an 8 bulb 48” fixture over an open frag tank (48x24x10) and a second identical tank and 40ish gallon sump on the system and it pushes my water temp to over 79 with a 72-74 room temp.

[jsweir]

Should I plan on anything more high power than just hood fans?

[dbjonesjr]

Not sure. Someone else might have a better answer. In theory a well ventilated hood should be plenty assuming you keep the room cooled.

[joelbegt]

Evaporative cooling with fans works well in my experience.  I’ve never needed any more than that in the past

[jsweir]

Ordered 4 200mm fans to load the back of the canopy