Smann Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 So what is evryone doing to keep things under control? we have AC in the house but its reaching 82 inside, I covered all the windows and skylights this morning and that helped alot My chiller is running twice an hour for about 10-15 min keeping the temp below 80. I turned off the pump to my auto water change because the drum outside is over 90. I only ran my VHO's today no MH The prop tanks in the garage are holding at 81 with the doors closed and a 20" fan blowing on them. the fan is hooked to my old thermostat from my chiller and hasnt shut off, maybe late at night but this morning it was still running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenzoa Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 We have 2 small AC's on the first floor. and we are running our lights from 9pm till 3am when the house is the coolest. Our chiller is still having to work a bit not not as bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I changed the timer on my lights so they came on at about 4 and off at about 9 this morning. While they were on I opened the hoods and used a pedestal fan to keep air moving through them. Once they shut off I used the pedestal on the larger one. By 6 PM the 85 gallon was still at 78 and the 40 was at 81. I grabbed the second pedestal and directed it at the 40 from then until now. Current temps are 78 and 79.5 so I think it made it through the day pretty well. My AC is starting to catch up (At 78 now) and by morning should be down to about 75. (I did turn it down a little this morning to get a head start to hold the temp lower through the day) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I've had to run a window ac unit downstair for about 4 hours each day the last two days. Tank temp is at 80 and the basement temp is at 72. Upstairs it's about 85, the last two days i've been downstairs a lot. Thank goodness for the basement. That's where we are sleeping too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I love my basement! Temps down there are in the low 80's to high 70's, even with the window open to help control humidity. I think my tank even had the heater kick on yesterday. LOL We, too, have been sleeping in the basement. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I have no AC. I have a fan blowing across the top of each tank. I am also rotating gatorade bottles filled with frozen salt water. Lights come on at 9pm. If the tank gets above 80F today, I might extend the airintake line from the skimmer and run it through an ice chest. Last resort for me is taking off the canopy and laying 20" box fans on top of the tank blowing down. But so far so good. I did evaporate about 4x my normal amount yesterday, but all of the tank inhabitants are happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 AC set to 71 my place still got up to 77 yesterday. Tank topped out at 81 so no probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanktop74 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I have my tank set up in my family room in the basement. I have central air that has been keeping the house at 74, but since the tank is in the basement its about 68 down there, so I actually had to turn on my tanks heater because the tank was getting down to 70! I have left the lights at same setting, this morning temps were 74 in the tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Its hotter in Utah....but we have a brand new central AC unit and the house stays consistent at 74, even when we have a bunch of people over. Dont think I could survive without AC again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 My god its freakin cookin out there. We went to sears last year and got the biggest window ac unit they had thank god. A freind of mine stopped by to say hi. He doesnt drive and was walking. 2 blocks away and he was drenched when he got here. He stayed about an hour then left for the bus stop. He has no ac in his house and he was going to go ride the air conditioned busses around town to stay cool. Said he was gonna stop somewhere and get chinese food. Asked me if I wanted to go and he would buy but chinese food just sounded horrible and I wasnt gonna step foot outside. The ac has been running 24-7 but is keeping it at around 70. I have just the vho actinics on today with all the doors open on the stand and hood. water temp hit 83 yesterday but thats not criticle yet. Its at 80 now....as long as the ac keeps truckin Im not stressing but I have ice blocks that will fit my sump if needed. Stay cool peeps Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smann Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 I love my basement! Temps down there are in the low 80's to high 70's, even with the window open to help control humidity. I think my tank even had the heater kick on yesterday. LOL We, too, have been sleeping in the basement. dsoz I grew in a house with a basement over in SE Portland boy do I miss those days. No AC in the house just head for the basement when it got hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny503 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Yup it's 102 degree here in grants pass :-( I am going nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 We have AC but the tank still got to 83+ Going to freeze some water. put it in the bath tup, and get in with them!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yea I'll put one in the tank to. I put a mister next to the AC. It helps cool the air it sucks into it to keep the temp down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 I grew in a house with a basement over in SE Portland boy do I miss those days. No AC in the house just head for the basement when it got hot. You grew what.....tomatoes???? hehehe....Ohh grew up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Whoops, I was too effective at cooling today. (I left one of the pedestal fans running on it this morning) One of my tanks was down to 74. A bit low I think considering it was around 80 yesterday. The other one is pretty steady around 78. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 105 here in Beaverton right now. ouch! We have AC units running and the house stays fairly cool. we blew a circut yesterday and the main AC stopped for an hour or two before we caught it and my chiller did run for a few hours. Today the chiller has not turned on and temps are looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ac in the house:D and it stays at 78 with this heat it works for me. As for the tank it has a chiller and stays at 76 to 78 all day long. Good luck to those of you with no ac I wish you luck. After having it for 10 yrs now I could not live without it even here in the northwest. I was at a local Home Depot today and there were about 100 people:eek: waiting for a truck that had ac units on it. They were handing out numbers for people to get in line and a lady told me some were there at 10 am I was there at 3:30DOH! What is it when the heat comes people decide hey I need ac or a fan(scratch)(plotting) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradth Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 My house is always 71, thank god. Thermometer on the back porch reads 109. The pool was 96 yesterday, not refreshing at all. Didnt even bother to look today. Since I put a few fans on my tank it stays between 78 and 80. Im ready for next week already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finch6013 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 wow by the time some of these people get an AC the heat will be gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/hsh/1295952449.html Classic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/hsh/1295952449.html Classic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/hsh/1295952449.html Classic!!! Perfect(rock2) Like I said why do people think to by an AC unit when it hits 100 plusDOH! Not like we have ever had a hot spell here in the northwest(whistle) Just like the people who wait till it rains to fix thre leaky roof(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I have window units. Keeps the house around 76. I have cut light time and keeping the doors open. Start out o.k. but get up to 82 nightly before it starts to drop. Things are looking tired but I'm starting to hope it can hold on. Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 No Ac and no chiller so I have got the egg crate off and fan blowing on top and lights cut way back. I have been useing ice bottles and my hobbo chiller (styrofome box with about 20 feet of plastic tubing and a small power head moving water through it). Water hasent got much past 80 at all but its getting old putting a bag of ice in the chiller every couple hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 That hobo chiller is a good idea. I dunno what I'd do without the AC window units. We have just a couple of rooms with them, and the rest of the house was ridiculously hot yesterday. The front room was about 89 at 8 o'clock last night, so my tank would have been toast even with all the fans in the world. The window unit has kept the tank room A-OK, but I have added ice bottles here and there. Thank God the heat wave is passing. Never thought I'd be glad to see the temp drop all the way down to 95! I am longing for October... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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