Whats you max temp?
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lananthony
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78 target temp. I use a Ranco temp controller to monitor my Heaters and fan. My temp only flux's +/- 1 degree. Keeps the stress level at a minimum.
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The important thing to remember here is if you run a chiller and keep a constant temp that is the temp the corals acclimate to. This is fine as long as nothing changes but what happens when it is changed? The corals, not accustomed to change any longer go into shock. One summer day with no electricity and higher than normal temps and livestock suffers. It is far better to have a daily temp fluctuation, this fluctuation becomes "normal" for the corals and they are better able to accommodate the days when the fluctuation is higher or lower than normal.
Long ago we were taught to keep everything stable to be successful, the reality is we need to keep the chemistry stable, alk, calcium and mag, but temperature is not chemistry and that daily fluctuation is like insurance. Plan for daily fluctuations, they may save your livestock in the future. If you have a chiller, set it to come on at 83 or 84, set your heater to come on if temp falls below 76. I did that for years and never had an issue, even when the elect was out and the tank rose to 85 or 86, nothing bleached or suffered long term issues.
It is a fact that in the wild corals go through a temperature variation, sometimes quickly and suffer no damage from it. The reason is they are acclimated to it. I feel sorry for anyone who keeps their tanks at one temp or only lets it vary by a few degrees. Inevitably something will happen and that temp norm will be disrupted and the corals are not acclimated to variation, bleach then die. Let your tank have some temp variation, you can acclimate them to a wide degree of variation, just don't do it too quickly.
We cannot completely replicate natural conditions, but we can in some areas. Temperature is one of the areas. It does take time to acclimate corals to a fluctuation, you cannot do it suddenly, but by allowing the temps to slowly climb and fall over a few months works.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...highlight=temp
The important thing to remember here is if you run a chiller and keep a constant temp that is the temp the corals acclimate to. This is fine as long as nothing changes but what happens when it is changed? The corals, not accustomed to change any longer go into shock. One summer day with no electricity and higher than normal temps and livestock suffers. It is far better to have a daily temp fluctuation, this fluctuation becomes "normal" for the corals and they are better able to accommodate the days when the fluctuation is higher or lower than normal.
Long ago we were taught to keep everything stable to be successful, the reality is we need to keep the chemistry stable, alk, calcium and mag, but temperature is not chemistry and that daily fluctuation is like insurance. Plan for daily fluctuations, they may save your livestock in the future. If you have a chiller, set it to come on at 83 or 84, set your heater to come on if temp falls below 76. I did that for years and never had an issue, even when the elect was out and the tank rose to 85 or 86, nothing bleached or suffered long term issues.
It is a fact that in the wild corals go through a temperature variation, sometimes quickly and suffer no damage from it. The reason is they are acclimated to it. I feel sorry for anyone who keeps their tanks at one temp or only lets it vary by a few degrees. Inevitably something will happen and that temp norm will be disrupted and the corals are not acclimated to variation, bleach then die. Let your tank have some temp variation, you can acclimate them to a wide degree of variation, just don't do it too quickly.
We cannot completely replicate natural conditions, but we can in some areas. Temperature is one of the areas. It does take time to acclimate corals to a fluctuation, you cannot do it suddenly, but by allowing the temps to slowly climb and fall over a few months works.
barney1215
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Mine varies between 77 to 80 degrees in 24 hrs. Everything is doing great.
