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    Thread: Need Help Fixing Temperature at Night

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      Question Need Help Fixing Temperature at Night

      Recently set up a 40 gallon reef tank in my garage. Since it's the winter and normally colder than the tank, I got 2 100w heaters and 1 200w heater just to keep it stable throughout the day.
      My problem is that during the night, the temperature slowly decreases to around 68-70 degrees. Normally the tank is at 78 degrees.
      How can I try and stop/prevent as much heat loss as possible from the tank during the night? I don't have any room to cram more heaters.

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      This is strange. Maybe try a inline heater or get some larger heaters

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      Insulate the room or any areas where a draft comes in.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Drama D View Post
      This is strange. Maybe try a inline heater or get some larger heaters
      Can’t use an inline heater. It’s sort of a budget tank and I have plastic tubing for plumbing rather than pvc.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Paxis View Post
      Insulate the room or any areas where a draft comes in.
      Insulating could be a possibility. I do have a draft coming from one of the garage windows, but that’s there to be up to code. Im running an eshopps oceana sump which is already filled with bio lux and a skimmer.

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      (2) 300w heaters would probably be better than the setup you have now. I have a 40 gallon setup in my garage too and with the 2 300 watt aqua via heaters the lowest the temp gets at night is 76-77.

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