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pascal32

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Spending the weekend camping, just checked my tank temp on both systems and the lps tank is at 79.5 after midnight. Scared to think what it went to during the day. Three mistakes (1) forgot to set an alarm for temp to text message me (2) fan set on low (better than nothing) (3) forgot to turn on the AC.

Fingers crossed my babies are OK!
 
I really wish the iPhone had flash, I could check the graph on the rke. Such a nice phone, but lack of flash is so frustrating!
 
I don't know how the internet stuff works, but can't you have someone else sign in online and checkit out for you from a computer? (if there is someone you trust giving your sign-in info to)
 
doesn't it record temp history?

FWIW you're good up to 84F with most corals.
Acans (and similar) might be the exception but you'd need a prolonged exposure to high temps.
 
It's all about the dissolved oxygen levels. As the temperature of the water goes up, the
lower the concentration of dissolved oxygen gas in the water. This is usually the primary reason why fish and inverts die. I couldn't say at what exact temperature marine life is affected but I do know it does depend on the system at times.
 
I've always heard 84. A friend pulled checked the history and it stayed below 80. Phew. Usually when it s hot that late it's bad news. Just put the tank up late last year so this is the first summer. I need to up the fan for sure. Hopefully I can stay away from a chiller.
 
As a practical matter ,it's more an issue of the ranges of temps the fish and corals are used to than an absolute high temperature they can tolerate. Idiosyncracies for each aquarium ,such as :nutrients, bacteria, flow, bioload, etc. make it impossible to predict a reaction to temp variation with any certainty.

For corals certain clades of zooxanthelae which they can acquire are more/less tolerant of higher temperatures. We don't know which ones our corals may have.
For fish ,pathogens and parasites that may be present can get a boost from higher temps,bacterial activity throughout the system will likely increase and the fish may also suffer from O2 depletion at a time when their increased metabolic rate demands more .
Some deliberately acclimate corals and fish to broader temp ranges. FWIW, I just keep mine a pretty steady 77/78 with peaks to 80 from time to time.
O2 is less soluble at higher temps and I'm always concerned about nightime hypoxia in my overstuffed mixed reef tanks. . Increased metabolic rates at higher temps increase O2 consumption by the organisms in the tank and the waste they produce as well.

I would watch the fish for signs of parasites . I don't think 84 is terrible but it's hard to say that with any certainty as a general guide.
 
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