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
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