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11-19-2004, 12:15 PM
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Just Confused
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Buchanan,Ga
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reading temps.
how do u guys read ur temps, what do u use, and from were in the tank ? 
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11-19-2004, 12:21 PM
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I run with scissors
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 713
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Hello
I use a digital thermometer. Small LCD screen sticks outside the tank, and a small probe sticks to the back glass. Excellant product and easy to use--NO MORE GUESSING---I got mine on eBay for $12.....HTH....Anthony
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30 gallon AGA, 2 X 96w Sattalite PC, Remora skimmer, CPR 18" HO Refugium.
29 gallon AGA, 1 Purple "Spilo" Sanchezi Piranha
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11-19-2004, 01:26 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 24,670
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Digital thermometer with the probe in the skimmer box.
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11-19-2004, 01:38 PM
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300 Pound Gorilla
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Hudson, WI / Hong Kong
Posts: 2,640
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My controller gives me the temp. I have the probe in the overflow, however I moved the probe all over the tank and never saw more then .2 degrees F change.
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11-20-2004, 06:25 AM
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Just Confused
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Buchanan,Ga
Posts: 468
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so r u guys saying that i read the temps from the surface , and that will give me a good overall idea in general ?
i do have a RR tank and a sump .
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11-20-2004, 06:28 AM
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Just Confused
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Buchanan,Ga
Posts: 468
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Originally Posted by Loverotties
Digital thermometer with the probe in the skimmer box.
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do u mean like the ones u get from a drug store, like the one we have in our mechine cabinet ?
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11-20-2004, 06:33 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Washington
Posts: 182
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I use a plastic cheapo mounted half way down with a black suction. Cost about $2. I double check from time to time with one of those infrared temp guns. Always come to the same conclusion... The cheap one works.
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11-20-2004, 08:14 AM
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Just Confused
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Buchanan,Ga
Posts: 468
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r those things submersible ? i mean can u just leave it and 4 get it ?
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11-20-2004, 02:59 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Washington
Posts: 182
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Mine stays in 24-7. Just make sure it's not stainless because it will rust.
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12-04-2004, 11:56 AM
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Just Confused
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Buchanan,Ga
Posts: 468
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where did u get ur thermometer.
my wife got one from wal mart 4 body temps, but i dont think it will work
for 2 reassons i dont think it read low enought , and it has auto shut off.
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12-04-2004, 12:26 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: la
Posts: 97
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radio shack digital reader with a probe that goes in the sump. IT also has an indoor and outdoor readout
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12-04-2004, 06:56 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Silverdale, WA
Posts: 11
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I have a digital termometer in the back corner of my tank, about 6 inches down, and I have a suction cup stick on, on the exact opposite side of the tank. Both read the same.
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12-04-2004, 07:07 PM
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That Biker Looking Guy
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Bremerton Wa
Posts: 2,446
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I have a dig that I bought at radio shack for like 12 bucks that has a probe that I put in the sump in the second chamber
Jeff
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12-04-2004, 07:43 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Valparaiso, IN
Posts: 2,246
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I too have a digital thermoteter. One probe goes in the tank on the back glass, then it connects to an LCD screen. i have a unit the shows me room temp air and water temp too. Mine also has a high and low alert for the the water level.
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12-04-2004, 11:37 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: NW Indiana
Posts: 11,052
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Just a lil ol glass floating thermometer in my sumps etc. double check reading once in a while. Have a digital stick -on , on my 75.You gotta watch those, they can tend to read wrong,,,,sunlight, room temp vs. tank temp,,,and in my case , my 75 is the older, thicker glass one,,,,and i think the stick on one can't read too well thru the glass, it's prob made for the thinner,newer/smaller tanks,,,,
Not counting extreme temps(low and high) it's also important to keep the temp flucuations to a minimum,,,,,,(never did figure that "rule" out),,,as a diver, i have been in lagoonal type spots, only to have the surface temps really warm,and a thermo just a lil lower,and a big, noticable difference,,,and the stuff does/looks fine there
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