tank temperature
 

my tank has been hanging around 82.5 degrees since yesterday (when it really started to get warm outside around here). i've checked some old threads and no one here seems to have a tank that gets that warm. i'm worried that once my halides are on, my temperature will be even higher. and what happens when it's another four or so degrees outside? would you folks be worried? where are your tanks at right now?

Turn your heaters off during the day, and maybe decrease the length of time the halides are on for. The only thing you would really have to worry about is the fact that everything is more susceptible ( spelling error ) to disease when the temp. is a little higher than normal. My tank fluctuates 3 degrees from night to day time, the highest being 81.6.
I haven't had much problems with my tank, although everybodies experiences are different. It is much like my dad told me, "opinions are like *******s, and everybody has got one."

Mine swingd up to 87 degrees in the summer.. no ill effect from it last summer but I am going to try to keep it under 85 this summer.

Steve

heaters shouldn't be on, as they're set to 25 and 26 degrees. i was wondering if one was broken, but if stirs tank is hitting 85, then i'm not too worried. personally if i were a fish i'd like to be in nice warm water all day :razz:

My tank swings between 83-85f daily. My tank goes up to 86f on warm days but nothing in my tank seems to mind.

Mine goes from 82 to 86 daily...no problems. I will be looking for a chiller later this summer though, just to lessen that spread.

I just encountered a serious heat problem over the last month-due to a very dirty skimmer pump over heating, which a simple cleaning solved.

In the summer months I run my reef without a heater, that way when the temperature hits 82-83 in the reef on a hot day it has a chance to cool back down to 77 over night. This allows for some more fluctuation during a really hot summer day. I do this every year and it has never showed any ill effects on the fish or corals :mrgreen:

cheers, sumpfinfishe
thanks again Brad :wink:

well i'd make the joke that i've been hot all my life (just need a tan) but some people might get weirded out :lol: yeah will have two fans in the canopy for sure, also one in the stand for the sump. hoping to get the canopy done this week, by the way. not really wanting to have 70 lbs of new live rock and no light to look at it by.

edit - why is this post showing before jon and rasta's. maybe my browser is acting up.

Here is an article on reef temps that is a interesting read ...

http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a.../1/default.asp

Cheers

Hey Quinn,
My tank is usually 79 and with the warmer weather it is up to 80.
Not much of a swing :confused:
Once you get your halides on the tank it will increase the temp but you will also have hopefully 2 fans in the hood so that will help to evaporate more water.

Your going to be one hot boy this summer :razz: