What Temp. Do you keep your Reef?

[dderue]

Mine goes from 78.5-80 depending on how long the lights are on.

 

[chrisguy]

I'm about the same.

 

[moriartiholmes]

I know a lot of people worry about the temperature increasing during the day, but it seems pretty natural. I would not worry about it as long as the range is safe and will not cause bleaching etc. The sun beating down on the reefs all day is bound to cause a temperature increase during the day.

 

[zanclus]

I keep my reef at about 78-81F depending on the lights and season. If it gets 82 the chiller kicks on.... I have had my old tankk get up to 86 without any real problems ,I thik if it rises slowly it is not as bad as a quick change ,though I don't like it getting that hot.

 

[dderue]

I only was asking because liveaquaria for most of their corals say a temp between 72-78. That seemed lower than what I had ever heard.

 

[moriartiholmes]

72 seems low to me.
I remember noticing the recommendations before and I looked at a few of the species I'm familiar with and they all had the same temperature. For example the Purple (Red Sea) and Yellow (Hawaii) Tangs have the same recommendations. From my understanding as far as tropical reefs go the Red Sea is warm and Hawaii is cooler.

 

[Blugobi]

Mine is currently 80.5 in the morning and gets to about 83 by the end of the day, without the fan. I have fan set to kick in at 83 and it keeps it at about 81.5 to 82.

 

[nwrogers]

80-82

 

[DARKSILENTTYPE]

Interesting read

http://www.reefs.org/library/article/reef_temperature.html


DST

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Right now my aquarium is 77 degrees F. It will range upward to the low 80's from here over the course of the summer. I've noticed that a lot of undesirable things are more likely to happen below 74 and above 84 degrees F.
Once the aquarium starts hitting 84 degrees I'll kick on the house AC and/or remove the top on my sump to enhance evaporative cooling.
Rapid temperature changes are to be avoided.
75 degrees F used to be the accepted norm for reef aquaria for many years and I always keep mine between 75 and 84F.
It's true that Yellow Tangs and Purple Tangs occur in waters of different temperature (and salinity). Zebrasoma flavescens (the Yellow Tang) doesn't occur in true tropical waters.

 

[ri]

When diving the coral reefs, it is not uncommon to for the water temperature to be around 85Ã"šÃ‚°F.

ri

 

[crp]

82

 

[_ShotgunShrimp_]

temps

temps

81.3 to 82.4

 

[The_Boyz1]

80-82 here.

 

[Namyar]

They say 76 to 80 so that is where mine is

 

[LFS_worker]

83.5

 

[parkavenuereef]

78-80 here.. closer to 80 now since the weather warmed up a bit.

 

[bosborn1]

In the winter I have a hard time getting the system to stay above 78 but right no its varying at about 77-80. I would run the temp higher but with the open basement sump and the fact that I keep my house at 68 in the winter causes the system heaters to run almost nonstop.

Scott

 

[SVXH6]

mine is 80 to 82..

 

[bigjdotcom01]

Usually 79-82.