Anyone looking to upgrade their lighting??

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Amphiprion
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Post by Amphiprion »

I have to agree with Sue, here. When I switched to some Tunze powerheads from seios, my temp dropped by nearly 4 degrees. Pumps have much more of an effect than the lighting, believe it or not.
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This post surely got off the topic :)

But its great...and I appreciate all of the help.

The guys at Progressive said I should put a fan in my sump and that would probably take care of it for good. I was worried about it since Im losing 2 gallons of water out of my tank and 20gal sump, but they said that was very normal and shouldnt be of any concern. It just seemed like alot to me I guess since my 28 gallon with almost 300 watts of light and no sump was only dumping bout 1/2 gallon a day.

Im going to try one more fan, hopefully that will do as they say. Its cheap and easy to try.

As far as pumps/powerheads, I have one Koralia 3, some other cheap powerhead, and a quietone pump in the sump. I do want to replace the one cheap powerhead, but just havent got to it yet. Not sure it will be much cooler, but its another option like you said.
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Just remember that the more air that moves over the water, the higher the evaporation. You can cool a tank really cheap with fans, but just be ready to make plenty of water weekly.
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