Does anyone periodically check the temperature to ensure their Apex is accurate? I have not typically in the past, but last night noticed that the water felt cold. My Apex was reading 80.1 (I run my tank between 77-78) and thought it was odd. I checked with a digital cooking thermometer and then an old fashioned mercury and they were both reading 73! I adjusted the temp on the Apex to there. Heaters kicked on and tank seems to be ok now.
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Tank Temperature
- Thread starter jcherepo
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I gauge it when I stick my hand in for water changes. Last week that's when I noticed it was cold and I looked at my controller which is out of the way and it was 2-3 degrees down so that prompted me to get a new heater lol
Never trust your hand to be a good temperature probe. Trust your second or third temp probe.
I never had to or think to even check my GHL temp probe with another probe after the initial set up. If I don’t see anything out of the ordinary, there’s no need. If the temps are bouncing all over the place or the heaters are not on and you’re expecting them to be on, then probably something is off.
I never had to or think to even check my GHL temp probe with another probe after the initial set up. If I don’t see anything out of the ordinary, there’s no need. If the temps are bouncing all over the place or the heaters are not on and you’re expecting them to be on, then probably something is off.
I check with digital hanna checker from BRS weekly with wc.
Since temp doesn't need to be super perfectly controlled, I also keep a glass thermometer (covered with a bit of translucent plastic tubing) in various places to double check.
