Okay, it must of just been the way i read your last post. My mistake. You have a really nice pink milli going, if Im not mistaken.

that sucks steve.
i'm sure your tank will recover and look even better than ever!

ya i hope so, but i think this winter i am saving for a chiller. :rolleyes:

Steve

heh,
as much as i've been trying to avoid one, i think i will look into one as well.
any idea as to how much wattage they consume?, i'm pretty tight on power as is.

well a 1/5th horse cooler is about 3.5 amps, a 1/4 horse is 5 amps and a 1/3 (which I think I will need is about 7.2 amps.

Steve

Do you guys really think a chiller is neccessary here in southwestern BC? I run a 12" fan over my sump and haven't had temperatures over 84*F (I normally keep my reef at or about 78*F). I mean I guess if you have the extra money kicking around they certainly wouldn't hurt and I guess it depends on how hot your house gets too.

Steve, I hope everything turns out all right and for peace of mind's sake; you find the cause.

well during the summer I need 3 fans just to keep my temp under 86 degrees, with two fans I can get as high as 89. (I also have to have my MH lights staggered and only on 4.5 hours each a day) this could be because of my house and I will see how it is in the new house in a few weeks, BUT if I would have had a chiller I woulden't have had a peek temp of ~105 degrees while I was gone, and I wouldent be trying to figure out how I am going to replace a couple of my Caps.

I am not the only one who is having temp problems in the summer as you can see by the thread (in june I think) about tank temps, looks like there are several people trying to figure out ways to keep there tanks cooler.

Steve

all my water peramiters are good, but the temp spike of 104.9 degrees F is what I am going to blame. weird how it only nailed the heck out of my caps and digitata, I mean the other corals are showing signs of stress but I anticipate no more losses.

Steve

:eek:

That's wild. That's like ... 40 degrees C? That seems hardly plausible that have anything left standing after that. You obviously trust your thermometer though .. so I guess it must be correct.

Sorry to hear the bad news Steve :cry:
Those where some really amazing monti caps that you had!
As for temperature, I also had a bad spell of "boiling water syndrome"
a few weeks ago. I had the fans a blow'n and even used cubes in the sump for a few days to help keep things cool.
I lost one mother colony of Digitata, so I'm thinking that maybe this species is delicate to temperature swings. Everything else was a little stressed, but things are back to norm now. I can relate somewhat on the heat situation though, as my tank hit 89 for 3 days straight.

Once again, sorry for the loss. :frown:
On a brighter note though- I guess you can get some monti cap frags back from every islander and a lot of us mainlanders too :mrgreen: