What temp should I set my chiller at?

[rykwong]

What should be the turn-on temperature? I have an older model chiller (adjusts in celsius) that I can set the on temp at either 80.8F or 82.4F. Thanks!

Rich

 

[pledosophy]

Lower the better IMO. I keep my tank at 74.

 

[loc01]

Here is the conversion table.

http://sio.midco.net/dfranklin/measure/index.html


Loc

 

[john37]

74?! arent most reef tanks about 79?

 

[jdieck]

Adjust on at around 80 and off at around 78*F (25.6 OFF to 26.7 ON)

 

[moonpod]

I keep my tank between 76 and 78

 

[john37]

is there a benefit to running cooler(75-78)? compared to 79-82?

 

[coralGoodie]

I set my new chiller at 82 and my heater at 76. My corals and fish love it.

 

[raskal311]

Chiller on at 80 and off at 78

 

[snslarison]

Mine uses celcius as well. I set mine to 27 degrees.

 

[laverda]

Why would you keep your tank at 74 degrees? It is way cooler then needed unless you have temperate fish and corals. Not to mention your electric bill will be a fortune. I raised mine to come on at 84 degrees. It is more a safety precaution then anything.

 

[moonpod]

You know, global reef temps vary quite a bit. I will say this, the water say around Fiji and Tonga where the Walt Smith stuff comes from is relatively cold. Mid to high 70s. On the other hand Red Sea say is often in the low 80s and I believe that the Bali stuff is high 70s to the 80 range. As a generality, however, bleaching events are associated with increasing water temp. I dunno 74....seems low, but staying out of the 80s seems like a reasonable thing to do...not that the reef can't take 82, but why push it?

 

[tptp279]

if you also look at his current tanks, he has a seahorse tanks, they enjoy cooler water.