Really starting to hate SPS

[Murminator]

No red bugs skeletons now reside in my sump 2X250 14 hamiltons that are a year old I have new bulbs I just need some alcohol to clean the reflectors 1st.....I find it better to do when I'm drunk , and the carbon changed out 3 or so weeks ago, should I maybe try chem pure?

I'll try to get pics but i'm crappy at it and a crappy kodak camera maybe the fat guy has a new one for me for x-mas

[wickedfrags]

How are you controlling your temperature? With 2 - 250W halides on your tank, the cold season, and unreliable and innacurate heaters temp. swings can cause stress.

[Aquattro]

Although I recommend really trying hard to avoid temp swings, my tank went from79F to 89F everyday for an entire summer and I only lost one species of acro. Everything else did really well. If all else is ok, I don't think temp swings alone would do it, based on my experience.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Although I recommend really trying hard to avoid temp swings, my tank went from79F to 89F everyday for an entire summer and I only lost one species of acro. Everything else did really well. If all else is ok, I don't think temp swings alone would do it, based on my experience.

I think it has been well experimented/accepted that too high temperature causes the coral to expel its zooanthelle. I don't know about rapid temperature swings...but high temperature is certainly bad.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by untamed

I think it has been well experimented/accepted that too high temperature causes the coral to expel its zooanthelle. I don't know about rapid temperature swings...but high temperature is certainly bad.

Absolutely agree. I've seen tanks that go up inthe mid 90s and lose most of the corals. Mine never topped 89, but it did swing 10 degrees daily, for almost 2 months.

[Murminator]

2X 250 watt (or 200W not sure) heaters not sure if they turn on or not I can't see them but I don't see any temp swings