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This is a good practice for everybody. We like to fill the bottles up with r.o. water in case the bottle leaks.

 

Yeah, I have done that before too. What I did was I turned off the mh but keeped the actinics on until they where turned off by the timer. I also ran the fan 24/7 to keep the temp down and it did at 79.7 last night. I also, you didnt hear it from me, through in some ice in the sump..............shhhhhhhhh

 

yep, forgot to add the ro water part ..and also, you can rinse off the bottle and refreeze for the next time...;D

 

Yep, that too;D

 

Air will help I used to be swamped this time of yr back home My son came up here last week and he and I installed a system Ducting and all in the place where I work Keep them corals kool and the central pulls less juice then the chilles did We had 5 of them running full tilt boggie 24/7 1 hp hosses also

 

Shouldn't be a problem if those ice cubes were made with r.o. water but I wouldn't do that too often if they were made with tap water.

 

I have 2. one gallon O.J jugs filled and frozen now just incase

 

I run my tank for almost a month at 84-85 because my A/C broke down also, I suffered every day looking at my hot tank, but at the end nothing died.

 

Like I mentioned at the top of this string mid 80's 84 95 even 86 will not just wipe a tank out but you have to pump lots of air in to it.. Above 86 ? Bottled oxygen would be better But the rise and fall of the temps needs to be slow. I'd rather run mine at 82 F on a daily bases rather then have it spiking from the upper 70's to mid 80's and back in a 24 Hr period.

 

Well, I do have good news, I got my new a/c installed yesterday and everything went well(thank god). No losses to report, except my bank account:-/. The highest temp my tank reached was 83.6 I wanna thank every1 for all their great advice and I hope I can return the great advice back some day.