Kerbash Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 My frag tank is my garage s 82.1 F right now, in May. I'm afraid to see the summer temp 😬  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandVib3s Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 that's why i stopped keeping reefs in my garage brother. temp swings way to much unless you run a A/C and a dehumidifier and a heater during winter. hahaha to much work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveZ Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Ya, welcome to garage feeding. Like Richard said, I run a dehumidifier in fall/winter/half of spring. Now I need the AC unit in there.  It does help that my detached garage is insulated so it’s a bit more efficient. But for the heat make sure you get a big box fan for the frag tank. It can usually handle bringing tank temps down about 4°. But just know you’re evaporating a grip of water to drop temps with fans, so best practice to have a good size RODI reservoir for ATO.  Then for those really hot temps, have as many frozen RODI 1g ziplock bags of ice as possible. Make sure to use RODI and not tap because the ice freezing the bag often times rips small holes in the bags and you’ll feed tap water to your system.  I’ve been keeping reefs in garages for 4 years at this point so I feel like I’ve been through it all and learned every lesson under the sun for garage reef keeping. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Last week, I realized I'd unplugged my chiller during the winter during some Maint. How?  I've got my apex set to turn off my lights, if temp gets >79.  Idea is, lights add heat.. Plus, they're a good visual indicator that something might be wrong. (like the year my chiller stopped working, and I got the phone call - Your tank lights have been off all day. is everything okay?) Remember my system is display tank in the house, with two 50 gallon frag tanks in the garage. Connected by common sump, also in the garage. Last line of light code is: If T-Tank > 79.0 Then OFF CHILLER code is: Fallback OFF If T-Tank > 78.7 Then ON If T-Tank < 78.0 Then OFF If T-Frag < 77.0 Then OFF If Output vFeed_Main = ON Then OFF If Output vFeed_Frags = ON Then OFF Defer 001:00 Then ON Defer 000:15 Then OFF Tank Temp, and heater/chiller actions in the last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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