maximum acceptable water temp.?

[kevensquint]

It's spring ,that iffy time of year when one day can be very warm and the next very cold. The water temp never goes below 79 F thanks to the heaters, but on a warm day like today it may get as high as 83 F. It will be like this for about the next month until I get the A/C's installed. In your opinion at what temp. will stuff start to have problems (bleaching, stess and or death). My tank is a mixt reef, so far things don't seem to be affected.

 

[Amphiprion]

For your case, since you keep it around 79 normally, I would not let it get above 84 degrees.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: maximum acceptable water temp.?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7091692#post7091692 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kevensquint
In your opinion at what temp. will stuff start to have problems (bleaching, stess and or death).

84 F.

 

[kevensquint]

OOlalaaa..., I guess I'll have to get the A/C's in sooner than later.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

or increase evaporation..... which will lower water temp. Use fans if necessary.

 

[Shnabbles]

I agree with using a fan.. youd be suprised how much a little 10 dollar fan can actually help

 

[hopper]

Ditto on the fan. Bought a small 10" box fan from Wal Mart and laid it across the top of my sump. Temps went down 5 degrees. Cost only $10.

 

[kevensquint]

I use 4- 4" muffin fans, if you look at my sig. you can see why even the fans are'nt enough.

 

[Elite]

Why do you use 2x250W MH on a 65G tank???

 

[45commando]

It looks like he actually uses 3 MH's.I used to have a 65G & ran 2 x 250 MH on it.If he has the same dimension 65G I had,then it is 24" tall,so 250 MH are really good at putting plenty of light on the bottom for clams etc.The trade off of course is all that heat.

 

[Ti]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7096318#post7096318 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Elite
Why do you use 2x250W MH on a 65G tank???

I would use it on a 40.

But 84F is the teetering limit.

 

[Elite]

I thought I put 3... typo

Why 3x250W on a 65G??