Reef Temp

[Bugsy]

What is the best temp for a tank with corals and inverts, no fish?

[Enigma]

I keep mine at 78, as I don't want to cook my Mexican Turbo snails.

[Aquattro]

Keep mine about 76

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Keep mine about 76

Why?

[Aquattro]

I find cooler temps slows growth a bit, keeps O2 higher and slows waste breakdown. I think I also read somewhere that reef temps are around that.

I used to run a 150g at 82, and it would climb to 90 some days in the summer. Corals browned out a lot, but grew like dandelions. I had to trim monthly and give away coolers of frags.
This tank I decided to run cooler, and it's the nicest I've had in 12 years. That's not all temp related, but I believe that helps.

[Enigma]

Thanks, Brad.

I didn't know that about o2. That is something I'll file away in my brain in case I don't plumb my NC12 into the sumped system.

[Madmak]

I run my controller at 83.5F and mix NSW at 1.026-1.027, bit different than most it looks.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Madmak

I run my controller at 83.5F and mix NSW at 1.026-1.027, bit different than most it looks.

Wow, really ???
That's a whole lotta up there ....

I'm running 80f and think it's my limit

My SG is 1.025 for now, both DT and QT

[Enigma]

Originally Posted by Madmak

I run my controller at 83.5F and mix NSW at 1.026-1.027, bit different than most it looks.

Do you have any temperate species in your tank (margarita snails, etc.)? If so, how are they holding up?

[daniella3d]

wow, most of my corals would die at that temperature, including my clams. My temps reached 81 one day and I lost a full colony of acropora that day to RTN, the clam looked sick, the gorgonians all closed for a week after that. wierd that mine don't stand too much heat.

Originally Posted by Madmak

I run my controller at 83.5F and mix NSW at 1.026-1.027, bit different than most it looks.