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[AdrianBryce]

Hermit Crabs survive 103 degree temperatures.

Other survivors include feather dusters.

those not so lucky. One lonesome mysid shrimp.

Heater malfunction at the bryce household last night resulted in record temps in the tank I am seeding some LR in. I put my hand on the glass and the tank was hot. I checked the thermometer and it was at 103. the aforementioned critters survived, though I am sure I killed a lot of microfauna. I guess I can count on a cycle starting now. :lol:

 

[commonstranger]

Adrian I believe your right my friend.

 

[AdrianBryce]

saved 50 cents on a piece of shrimp to spike the ammonia. lol

 

[ZachB]

saved 50 cents on a piece of shrimp to spike the ammonia. lol

lol

At least it wasn't on your display tank. Heaters scare me. Thankfully controllers can regulate them

 

[commonstranger]

Have to agree with Zach there.

 

[james3370]

also a pair or more of small heaters vs 1 large heater is another good insurance policy....that way if 1 fails as it did to you, it doesn't have the thermal capabilities to overheat the tank

 

[supertech99]

good calljames thats the same reason I always under power my heaters, in a climate controlled home the likelyhood that the tank temp goes up is more likely than down and if it does it should not be severe assuming the air/heat in your home doesent go out on you.

 

[mixer911]

1+ on 2 or 3 small heaters vs 1 large one. Plus a controller of some sort to maintain the temp on them.

 

[AdrianBryce]

Yeah, to clarify, the heater didn't fail as much as I did, i bumped the t-stat while doing some maintanance.

 

[mixer911]

ahhh, good ole user error :lol:

 

[AdrianBryce]

yep. The best kind.

 

[ZachB]

Yeah, to clarify, the heater didn't fail as much as I did, i bumped the t-stat while doing some maintanance.

If you have a controller you could have that heater cranked to the max and still not worry It would shut down once the correct temp was reached. Neptune Systems has this awesome controller out, the Apex ....

 

[AdrianBryce]

Once my 90 is set up I am considering getting a controller. Just not sure which one. the way the current trend is going, I am thinking neptune.

 

[andywe]

For basics, RKL is best bang for buck. If you want all the bells and whistles, then do your comparison and choose your poison

 

[ZachB]

For basics, RKL is best bang for buck. If you want all the bells and whistles, then do your comparison and choose your poison

After seeing the one Brandon has at the office, and hearing Bill's issues, I would gladly pay a couple hundred bucks extra just to get away from the RKL.

JMHO

 

[AdrianBryce]

would you go RKE or Neptune?

 

[ZachB]

I have the Neptune Apex. Wouldn't go any other route.

 

[NicoleC]

Most intertidal creatures can survive brief excessive temperature swings... although topping 100F is most definitely on the other side of "excessive!" You might be surprised what comes back. Unless you're in a hurry, it'll be a fun experiment to see what comes back over the next month or two.

But if you are trying to propagate microfauna, evict the crabs. They're fun and all, but they are also the grim reaper for anything smaller than them.

 

[AdrianBryce]

The crabs are in there to trim down some algae that came on the rocks, I would switch to snails, but I don't have any to spare from my DT. And there was nothing brief about it. we are talking 10+ hrs.

 

[DMBillies]

I had a few hermits I missed clinging to some live rock I left out to start drying it out for storage. They lived in stagnant water outside in around 45 degree temps for a couple of days until I discovered them. I was pretty amazed they survived temps that low.