No heaters im 74-75 Added 2 jaggers now im locked in at 76-77 lol
the lady i bought my rock from had no heaters, Durring the day 79 with halides and at night 74ish.... Seemed to work well for her but i dont have the guts... or the halides to try it...

old tank was 78-80 new tank is 77-80.

old tank was dialed to 79. heaters came on at 78 and chiller ran at 80.

new tank is dialed a degree lower to give the tank more fight against 4 halides. over the course of the day i'm seeing the tank eventually reach 80 and not go over. goal is to not run a chiller anymore.

79F at night to 81F during the day. If it's hot in the house during the day it can hit 82-83F (rarely happens).

I hear ya grizz, my chiller runs year round as well. Heated and cooled to maintain 79.5 +/- half a degree.

Mine runs 79 during the day, 78 at night in the winter. Usually stays steady at 79 all summer. If its really hot and humid it might creep up to just above 80.

26-27 not much of a swing. Heater is on up till 26 and chiller kicks on at 27.

I don't use a heater on my reef. Halides + fan put the tank up to 81F and at night it drops to 78F. In the summer it goes up to 84. I would like my tank to stay under 80, but I won't use a chiller.

Why not?

Because it will cook MY butt (unless I install it outside in which case I really don't have a remotely easy to do that), and it costs too much to run. AND because my reef does ok at the summer temps, so F it. :razz:

Fair enough :) I had a small unit inside for a while, and ya, it kept my house "warm". My new large chiller is outside. It also runs so infrequently that it doesn't cost much, so overall a good way for me to manage temps.