temp ?
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DiscoReefRover
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79.4 to 79.5 year round!! love my Aqua controller!!!
Tswifty
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Anywhere within 76-82 is perfectly acceptable. SPS is usually recommended to be kept in the 80-82 range due to increased metabolism at the higher temps.
Since I hooked up the AC3, my temp is locked in between 79-80 right now. Although I would like it to bump it up little more, just haven't taken the time to program it in.
The rate of calcification for most corals peaks at or 1-2 deg. C below the normal summer maximum temp and then quickly drops off above that temp. due to physiological stress/bleaching. The normal summer time high on most reefs is 84-86 F. Thus, most corals will reach a maximum rate of calcification between 80 deg. F on the low end and 84-86 F on the high end. If one is trying to maximize growth it makes no sense in the world to keep an aquarium below 80 deg F. Averge reef temperatures are higher than that anyway. Temps. lower than 80 F and especially lower than 78 F are essentially winter temps and corals tend to grow substantially slower in winter. I also wouldn't go over 84 F in an aquarium intentionally though. Above the normal summer max. the rate of calcification drops like a rock and one tempts all kinds of other problems with elevated temps. too.
Since I hooked up the AC3, my temp is locked in between 79-80 right now. Although I would like it to bump it up little more, just haven't taken the time to program it in.
The rate of calcification for most corals peaks at or 1-2 deg. C below the normal summer maximum temp and then quickly drops off above that temp. due to physiological stress/bleaching. The normal summer time high on most reefs is 84-86 F. Thus, most corals will reach a maximum rate of calcification between 80 deg. F on the low end and 84-86 F on the high end. If one is trying to maximize growth it makes no sense in the world to keep an aquarium below 80 deg F. Averge reef temperatures are higher than that anyway. Temps. lower than 80 F and especially lower than 78 F are essentially winter temps and corals tend to grow substantially slower in winter. I also wouldn't go over 84 F in an aquarium intentionally though. Above the normal summer max. the rate of calcification drops like a rock and one tempts all kinds of other problems with elevated temps. too.
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