30°C too much for a H. crispa?

[ThRoewer]

I guess it is too much.
The last few days I found my crispa fairly shrivel up in the evening.
In the morning, when the light comes on, it looks much better again.
This evening I checked the temperature and it was 29°C at 22:00. I'm sure it hit 30°C during the late afternoon - ouch!

I guess I got to install my spare Apex to the 42 gallon tank and run a fan chiller like on my 200 gallon system.

 

[jstack]

I guess it is too much.
The last few days I found my crispa fairly shrivel up in the evening.
In the morning, when the light comes on, it looks much better again.
This evening I checked the temperature and it was 29°C at 22:00. I'm sure it hit 30°C during the late afternoon - ouch!

I guess I got to install my spare Apex to the 42 gallon tank and run a fan chiller like on my 200 gallon system.

I feel your pain yea to hot only the start of the summer and the temps peaked at 110 last few days fan was not cutting it for me.....with all the humidity I guess swamp coolers are going extinct I picked up a portable ac to keep my room at 78. I would suggest this rather than chiller (why should they be the olny ones comfy):dance:

 

[jstack]

I guess it is too much.
The last few days I found my crispa fairly shrivel up in the evening.
In the morning, when the light comes on, it looks much better again.
This evening I checked the temperature and it was 29°C at 22:00. I'm sure it hit 30°C during the late afternoon - ouch!

I guess I got to install my spare Apex to the 42 gallon tank and run a fan chiller like on my 200 gallon system.

btw how are you getting rid of all the humidity from evap cooling the tank I'm very intrested

 

[ThRoewer]

The air is pretty dry around here, so the humidity isn't too much of a problem.

 

[OrionN]

30C, is that around 86F or 87F. It is a little too hot. I find that coral tolerate heat better if they got use to it. If my tank peak at 84F all the time (happened a lot before I use LED), then get to 87F one day, my corals would do fine but if it max our at 80F then one day the chiller give out and it goes to 86F, my corals will be in a lot of problem

 

[nemguy]

I keep my tanks in the basement and I'm on Long Island and with a fan chiller my tanks are already getting up to 89 the only animals that seem affected are the long tentacle anemones the gig and my bubble tips seem to be expanding more in the warmer temperatures i was thinking of doing the same thing with the portable Ac much more efficient than adding a chiller to all 7 of my tanks lol


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[ThRoewer]

It has become a daily cycle: In the morning the anemone looks good and large, but as soon as the temperature goes over 28°C it starts deflating. By the late afternoon it looks like you would expect a sick anemone to look like.
As soon as the temperatures go back down it recovers again.
I guess I will have to add a fan-chiller like on my 200 gallon system. There a fairly small fan is capable to cap the temperature at roughly 26°C.

 

[OrionN]

Before start to use only LED, I have fans blow across the tank or sump. They turn on with the light and does lower the temp by 3-4 degree F

 

[ThRoewer]

I added a fan chiller and it actually works in capping the temperature at 26°C.
So I though the issue was resolved, but tonight the crispa deflated again. I don't think it's sick, but something may have upset it. I fed some fish eggs and pellets.
I added about 2 gallons of RO water. Shortly after it was completely deflated.

Anybody else observed something like this with a crispa?

 

[dieselkeeper]

How does everyone calibrate their temp probe? What do kind of thermometer do you use to calibrate your probe to? How do you know if your probe is bad? I have a tradewind chiller with a Ranco controller. And a fan blowing across the water surface to keep the chiller from running too much. When people state they run their tanks at a higher temp than most with no ill effects, are they sure their probe is calibrated correctly.

 

[ThRoewer]

I usually cross check with an old-fashioned high quality analog lab thermometer.

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