Reef Temp

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by Madmak

Temperature swings are bad but higher temps shouldn't really kill anything that isn't a deep water or temperate species.
Most reefs/dives I've been on the temps are 84 to 86F and things are living and thriving.

Like I said before, I follow Ron's logic with respect to matching the natural reef parameters. It is what evolution has prepared the animals for I hope.

I followed that logic last year and still waiting for some SPS to recover this year, the sps colonies browned out and one was full of algae that i had to cut out with skeleton chunks. So this year i am keeping it at 78 (25.5C) tops.