What temp do you run?

[MitchM]

I posted an article a couple of years ago, I think, where an experiment was done on some corals where the temperature was varied by 11F each day and it made for stronger corals.
The experiment demonstrated that younger corals were able to adapt more easily to the temperature swings than larger colonies.

Interesting that the same species of coral in Shimek's article can have different characteristics depending on where the coral originates.
I wonder how all the fragging that happens in captivity affects the corals that we wind up with.

[e46er]

controller is set for 78.0, Ive seen it go to 77.5 and up to 78.2 or so.
house is AC so that helps maintain temp is the summer

[rishu_pepper]

Do most people run chillers in GVRD in the summer? I haven't had my first saltwater summer yet so don't know what to expect.

I live on the ground floor of an apartment building, the tank is 10'+ away from the patio/windows and no sunlight shines into the living room. I use LEDs also. Wondering if I will need a chiller...?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by rishu_pepper

Wondering if I will need a chiller...?

Probably not.