Red Sea Max E 170 Protien Skimmer Overhearing Tank

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Hi,

I'm new to keeping and this is my first tank. As the title states, I have a red sea max e 170. I set this tank up and cycled it with the rear protien skimmer off. I just completed the cycle and went out and bought my first two fish yesterday.

It never occured to me that the protien skimmer would cause this much of a heat fluctuation. My tank was consistenly at 77° F and overnight it went up to 82° F after turning on the skimmer. How do I know if it's running efficently or if there is a problem that's causing it to overheat?

I have to go to work today (5 hours) so I turned off the skimmer to see if that will bring the temp down. It is my plan to get this sorted as soon as I get home. Is this normal? Did I make a mistake in setting up? I know now, I should have let the skimmer run for a day to monitor, but I didn't even think about it. I was too excited about my new fish.


Thanks for taking the time to read and help if you can.
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Hi,

I'm new to keeping and this is my first tank. As the title states, I have a red sea max e 170. I set this tank up and cycled it with the rear protien skimmer off. I just completed the cycle and went out and bought my first two fish yesterday.

It never occured to me that the protien skimmer would cause this much of a heat fluctuation. My tank was consistenly at 77° F and overnight it went up to 82° F after turning on the skimmer. How do I know if it's running efficently or if there is a problem that's causing it to overheat?

I have to go to work today (5 hours) so I turned off the skimmer to see if that will bring the temp down. It is my plan to get this sorted as soon as I get home. Is this normal? Did I make a mistake in setting up? I know now, I should have let the skimmer run for a day to monitor, but I didn't even think about it. I was too excited about my new fish.


Thanks for taking the time to read and help if you can.
- Amanda
Hi!

It is possible, but it would surprise me if a skimmer would affect water temperate that much - unless the temperature in your home is in that range.

A quick overview of your full system and all equipment, with pictures and/or a brief video might help!
 
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The virdict was that my heater failed. My first assumption was the skimmer, because it's been off this whole time.
 
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Invest in an ink bird or another heater controller because heater failures are inevitable. Seems like you caught it before things got bad.
Thanks! I am going to do some more research today. The heater I was given was bundled with the tank. It was definitely a stressful morning.
 
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