Hot Diggity Sog
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone,
I run a chiller on my 27 gallon RDWC setup and keep the water temps at a stable 68/69F. I use well water and the temps of the water coming out of the ground gets progressively colder as winter comes. In addition, my grow room temps drop and will get as low as 49.
I'm looking at some aquarium heaters such as this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Aquatop-Aquarium-Submersible-Heater-150-Watt/dp/B006MMJ8EE/ref=sr_1_4?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1445988238&sr=1-4&keywords=aquarium+heater
So I guess I have two questions:
1) What are the lowest temps that you would deem reasonable for a RDWC setup? For reference, the plants will be in full flower and have a mature root system once the temps start dropping on me.
2) Should I get a heater and if so, is something like the above product what I would want?
If I did get a heater I would keep the chiller online just in case the heater malfunctioned and did not kick off. Maybe set the heater to 66 and set the chiller to 69 or thereabouts?
I run a chiller on my 27 gallon RDWC setup and keep the water temps at a stable 68/69F. I use well water and the temps of the water coming out of the ground gets progressively colder as winter comes. In addition, my grow room temps drop and will get as low as 49.
I'm looking at some aquarium heaters such as this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Aquatop-Aquarium-Submersible-Heater-150-Watt/dp/B006MMJ8EE/ref=sr_1_4?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1445988238&sr=1-4&keywords=aquarium+heater
So I guess I have two questions:
1) What are the lowest temps that you would deem reasonable for a RDWC setup? For reference, the plants will be in full flower and have a mature root system once the temps start dropping on me.
2) Should I get a heater and if so, is something like the above product what I would want?
If I did get a heater I would keep the chiller online just in case the heater malfunctioned and did not kick off. Maybe set the heater to 66 and set the chiller to 69 or thereabouts?