Ai hydra. Heat issue

abhutta · 03/04/2014, 09:22 PM

Excited. Set up my two AI Hydras. Looks great over my 55 gallon tanks. I cut out the two of my canopy and have the lights hanging inside. Two issues. The water temp has spiked. Looks to be around 82.6 vs 80.5 prior. I have the lights about 9 inches above the water line. Do I need to raise it higher? Also one of the hydras the fan hasn't kicked on. Should it run constantly?

chilwil84 · 03/04/2014, 09:33 PM

i believe they have a sensor that tells them when to run the fan

magnoliarichj · 03/04/2014, 09:56 PM

pics!!!!!!

Mark Bianco · 03/05/2014, 03:17 AM

Fans on the Hydra come on only when needed. Just curious as to what type of lights you were using before and how much of a temp spike you had before. Usually led's produce very little heat when compared to other lighting. You may need to vent your canopy...

abhutta · 03/09/2014, 06:55 AM

thanks for the feedback. Previously I had just plain Coral life bulb also had an led strip for show really. The tank stayed at 79/80. Ironically I changed everything out and upgraded. I had an old mag pump that always seemed to run hot. Took that out and replaced with tunze. New AI hydras led as I mentioned. And suddenly my temp is at 82 to 84. I just added to aquarium fans to the hood one blowing in and one out. But i haven't seen a visible drop. the only other change is replacing my Koralia with a Jabeo wp25. I may have to remove the entire canopy but prefer not do so

abhutta · 03/10/2014, 07:00 AM

Found the culprit. Sensor on heater was messed up.

mypepper · 03/10/2014, 07:32 AM

I'm glad you found the problem before your heater caused a major catastrophe with your tank.

If you don't have a controller for your tank, you should really think of purchasing one for piece of mind and as a safety back up to trip your heater off, once it has reached a specific temperature or the sensor to your heater failed, which was in your case.

Randy

03/04/2014, 09:22 PM	#1
abhutta Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 82	Ai hydra. Heat issue Excited. Set up my two AI Hydras. Looks great over my 55 gallon tanks. I cut out the two of my canopy and have the lights hanging inside. Two issues. The water temp has spiked. Looks to be around 82.6 vs 80.5 prior. I have the lights about 9 inches above the water line. Do I need to raise it higher? Also one of the hydras the fan hasn't kicked on. Should it run constantly?

03/04/2014, 09:33 PM	#2
chilwil84 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: down the shore Posts: 780	i believe they have a sensor that tells them when to run the fan

03/04/2014, 09:56 PM	#3
magnoliarichj Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: florida west coast Posts: 1,455	pics!!!!!!

03/05/2014, 03:17 AM	#4
Mark Bianco In Memoriam Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Infinity and Beyond Posts: 2,445	Fans on the Hydra come on only when needed. Just curious as to what type of lights you were using before and how much of a temp spike you had before. Usually led's produce very little heat when compared to other lighting. You may need to vent your canopy...

03/09/2014, 06:55 AM	#5
abhutta Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 82	thanks for the feedback. Previously I had just plain Coral life bulb also had an led strip for show really. The tank stayed at 79/80. Ironically I changed everything out and upgraded. I had an old mag pump that always seemed to run hot. Took that out and replaced with tunze. New AI hydras led as I mentioned. And suddenly my temp is at 82 to 84. I just added to aquarium fans to the hood one blowing in and one out. But i haven't seen a visible drop. the only other change is replacing my Koralia with a Jabeo wp25. I may have to remove the entire canopy but prefer not do so

03/10/2014, 07:00 AM	#6
abhutta Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 82	Found the culprit. Sensor on heater was messed up.

03/10/2014, 07:32 AM	#7
mypepper Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Mateo, Ca Posts: 422	I'm glad you found the problem before your heater caused a major catastrophe with your tank. If you don't have a controller for your tank, you should really think of purchasing one for piece of mind and as a safety back up to trip your heater off, once it has reached a specific temperature or the sensor to your heater failed, which was in your case. Randy