What temp do you run?
 

Im always trying to get the best results, and do lost of reading as everyone else on here does, but what im wondering is what temp do you guys run your tanks at, and have you ever ran a different temp and what were the results??

i currently keep my tank at 80 degrees and in the summer it climbs up to 90, this year im getting a chiller to keep me at a stable 80.

This should be applicable

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=110753

Ive run from 75 to 91. at 75 things grow really slowly. At 91, things die really quickly. Somewhere in between is best. My tank currently runs 77.9-79.4 through the day all year round.

Amadod,

Here is a great article on ideal water temperatures for our reef animals.

http://www.ronshimek.com/salinity_temperature.html

Same found below 76 slow growth. Above 85 fries stuff. I recently ran at 80 but noticed that things just seemed happier at 78-79.

78 F. Ideally one or two degrees higher, but that's what it seems to stay stable at. It's at 77.9 right now and may drift to 78.5 or so.

Anthony

78-79 F

I think the answer is yes, some of us run a different temperature every day. Myself included. My temperature at night drops to 77 degrees. That's what my heaters are set to. I run halides so during the day my temperature will gradually rise to about 80 degrees. This is during the winter months mind you. During the summer the house is a lot warmer so my upper temperature will go up to 83. As a result I try to remember to raise the lower end of my temp to 79, this way there's less swing.

Having said that, I have no clue what would give "best results". I suppose "best results" can be variable as well. For me "best results" is when things don't die.

I think the key is consistency, and I don't mean necessarily one temperature. For example, if you consistently have a 2-3 degree temp swing, that's probably OK, but the problem is when your AC breaks or something else happens to make the temp swing larger (or perhaps smaller).

I actually think there's something to be said about small regular temp swings. I was thinking about programming one into my apex, to hit a low of 77.5 in the middle of the night (2AM) and 78.5 at 2PM. Currently it's set to 77.7-77.8, and fluctuates from 77.6-78...

I prefer to keep my temp at 78.45 I use to run it and 78.46but wasn't seeing any results and at 78.43 things didn't grow well :mrgreen:

Try 25.81 C, see if that fixes it