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Myka 01-04-2015 11:03 PM

I have two answers for you. I find tanks are easier to maintain at 78F as everything progresses slower (including growth of corals, but also growth of algae). The corals grow faster at 82F which, depending who's article you read, is close to natural reef temperatures where typical SPS and shallower water LPS are collected. Everything progresses faster at 82F though, including algae growth, breakdown down nutrients, etc. so you have to be more on top of things.

MitchM 01-05-2015 12:06 AM

I posted an article a couple of years ago, I think, where an experiment was done on some corals where the temperature was varied by 11F each day and it made for stronger corals.
The experiment demonstrated that younger corals were able to adapt more easily to the temperature swings than larger colonies.

Interesting that the same species of coral in Shimek's article can have different characteristics depending on where the coral originates.
I wonder how all the fragging that happens in captivity affects the corals that we wind up with.

e46er 01-05-2015 03:39 AM

controller is set for 78.0, Ive seen it go to 77.5 and up to 78.2 or so.
house is AC so that helps maintain temp is the summer

rishu_pepper 01-08-2015 03:52 AM

Do most people run chillers in GVRD in the summer? I haven't had my first saltwater summer yet so don't know what to expect.

I live on the ground floor of an apartment building, the tank is 10'+ away from the patio/windows and no sunlight shines into the living room. I use LEDs also. Wondering if I will need a chiller...?

Aquattro 01-08-2015 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by rishu_pepper (Post 929146)
Wondering if I will need a chiller...?

Probably not.

Simons 01-09-2015 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 928459)
I heard switching to Celsius can mess with your ph in the salt mix, if not I'll gradually make the change slowly over time so the change doesnt impact the corals too much , they been on Fahrenheit for years now :mrgreen:


this should not make any difference, been running with Celsius since I started never had any issues.

Aquattro 01-09-2015 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Simons (Post 929284)
this should not make any difference, been running with Celsius since I started never had any issues.

Ya Denny. That's dumb. :razz:

reefwars 01-09-2015 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Simons (Post 929284)
this should not make any difference, been running with Celsius since I started never had any issues.

I don't know Simon are you sure lol;)

reefwars 01-09-2015 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 929286)
Ya Denny. That's dumb. :razz:

I read it on the net it HAS to be true :mrgreen:

Aquattro 01-09-2015 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 929289)
I read it on the net it HAS to be true :mrgreen:

Probably old version of net, it's been upgraded.


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