temp of tanks
 

how hot are your guys tanks running?

Mine are at 80 degree's

the main tank is 78.5 and the seahorse tank is 76.5

Here is a four page thread that was asking this same question earlier last year. http://canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45648

78ºF ATM

im @ 79.5

Mine will probably hit 84 by tonight and then drops back to 78 by morning

Mine maxed out at 82 F but no problems with the livestock.

When it gets around this temp, I turn off the MH & switch to a reverse photoperiod.

Anthony

Should never be a problem at 82 degrees as that is the average temperature for tropical reefs around the world. If I remember right the range for shallow tropical reefs is 74-86.

My older brother just got back from Mexico where they were counting/monitoring corals for 2 years and also phosphates and temperature. He said there were up to 6 degree changes in one spot within minutes as warm currents passed by.

I struggle to keep my tanks 80-82 in the summer, but like to have them at 78-79 as I find they do better.

this is my first summer with my tank...and i am struggling to keep it at 80-82 with the hotter temp here...i've added 2 fans blowing directly at the tank and i am thinking of setting up our a/c unit. i am also thinking if i should delay my mh further in the day so that it runs when the weather starts cooling...maybe start at 5pm-11pm? and have my t5ho start at 12pm to 12am?

suggestions? cause i am getting stressed out checking the temp every hr that i am home....

Yes, but I prefer to keep the temp slightly lower. It also has to do with the temp of the main room where all my tanks are located.

When it gets too hot, I plug in my 12,000 btu air conditioner and shut off the MH. Then my place never rises above 24 C, even if its 35 C outside.

Anthony

tank temperature
 

i run all t5s, temperature varies from 78 to 80. midsummer month i have 2 fans blowing across water surface for extra evaporative cooling.

Fans are direct at the water's surface? That's where to aim the draft.

Two of my tanks are constant 78-80 but they both have chillers.
I have one more tank though that is running at 82-86 everything seems to be doing OK so far if not thriving other than my star polyps.
I might have to move all of inhabitants if thing go much higher though.
That or get another chiller.:twised:

Mine never goes above 82 since I air conditioned the house. Without the central air, the tank goes to 86, which I think would be bad.

Mine is around 78-79 in the early morning and creeps up to 82-83 in the afternoon. I have also reversed my photoperiod. It is hot in the Fraser Valley:biggrin:

Mine is 79 at night and during the day around 81. I am using a Deltec Eco cooler with a GHL controller to keep my temperature in that range.

temp
 

78.6 in the morning 82.4 when the hallides go out. I will hook my chiller up sometime this week. I like to keep it at 78-80. I will be experimenting with the profilux over the next few weeks. Turning fans on/off chiller on/off, lights on/off and see what works the best.

Same boat as Marie, I have a fairly high swing rate (from 77- 84 or so) softies, LPS and SPS all seem to do really well and I have had some fantastic growth so i'm not worried.
Levi

My tank has been hovering around 81-84 these past few days. No chiller and no problems so far. Last summer the tank reached up to 86-87 on hot days without problems.

We have air conditioning so no problem with the 225g, (78F - 80F swing). The 90g however has an outdoor sump and it may climb to 82F when hot outside.

im new to this if you start your lights later in the day say 5pm doen't the daytime light from the windows mess with it?

Curtains?