Ohio Reef

Reef Discussion => Equipment => Topic started by: jsweir on July 09, 2020, 10:07:33

Title: Cooling required in Ohio?
Post by: jsweir on July 09, 2020, 10:07:33

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"

Title: Re: Cooling required in Ohio?
Post by: dbjonesjr on July 09, 2020, 10:18:32

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.

Title: Re: Cooling required in Ohio?
Post by: jsweir on July 09, 2020, 10:44:08

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

Title: Re: Cooling required in Ohio?
Post by: dbjonesjr on July 09, 2020, 11:33:48

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

Title: Re: Cooling required in Ohio?
Post by: joelbegt on July 12, 2020, 20:51:00

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

Title: Re: Cooling required in Ohio?
Post by: jsweir on July 22, 2020, 13:22:51

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