whats your tank temperature?

[blennymower]

I'm curious to find out what is the highest temperature a reef can be kept in.

Please post your tank temp parameter


And feel free to add your opinion on the matter

 

[thegrun]

I keep mine at 78 - 80F. 77 to 82 is fine.

 

[nanojg]

mine runs 79-84 with no problems. I think people get too picky about tank temps and temp swings. I have great growth on all corals, especially sps, with only pc's as lights and 5 degree temp swings.

 

[blennymower]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15016034#post15016034 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nanojg
mine runs 79-84 with no problems. I think people get too picky about tank temps and temp swings. I have great growth on all corals, especially sps, with only pc's as lights and 5 degree temp swings.

Interesting.

The reason I posted this is because I recently I got MH and I want to compare my temp with others.

I have read that in some reefs the average temps can be in the 80 range.



You're growing sps with PC's? How many watts?

 

[nanojg]

easy, less light demanding sps, I have an elkhorn monti (growing very fast) and a plating purple tipped monti I just got a week ago and can already see growth.

I have a 24 gallon nano cube with 3 x 36 watt pc's

 

[imcosmokramer]

i try to keep mine at 78, but it's gone down to 73 overnight before, and up to 80

 

[xJake]

I've had my systems vary anywhere from 74F to 86F without any issues.

 

[jefathome]

I have my chiller set to come on at 82. I recently pulled my heater for cleaning and forgot to plug it back in. I had temp swings from 75 - 82 and back every day for a few weeks and there were no issues.

 

[blennymower]

yeah I was seeing similar swings in my tank and I was noticing that there were really no noticeable changes in the tank

 

[Ratpack]

My tank usually stays around 82, with the swing between 80-84. I have noticed on some hotter days, it went to 85 and still no adverse effects that I can tell.

 

[Peter Eichler]

I've been playing around with temps a lot in the last couple years and I haven't noticed any problems as low as 72 and as high as 87. Low to mid 80's is usually safe, start getting above mid 80's and there's cause for concern.

 

[ambaratur]

I try to keep mine between 78-81

It only gets to 81 in the summer.

 

[reefworm]

fluctuation between 76-86 is fine. My stays between 80-84

 

[kb27973]

81, kept within about a degree with controller, heater, chiller combo.

Ken

 

[SnowManSnow]

77

 

[AugustWest]

78-82 on occasion it creeps up to 84.

 

[MrRyanT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15017350#post15017350 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AugustWest
78-82 on occasion it creeps up to 84.

ditto

 

[blennymower]

what then are some symptoms of a coral reacting to high temperature?

 

[spleify]

I keep my tanks 79-80

 

[the_rider]

I keep mine steady between 79.7 and 80.00