Temporary high phosphates for SPS?

[kien]

From about mid June to September my temps go from 77 at night to 81 (or 82 on a really hot day). And this is with central AC. Without central AC the temp will go beyond 83 which is too high for my comfort level :-) At any rate, my tank seems to do fine at 81/82. As already suggested, do make sure your tank is well oxygenated (which most tanks are anyway, with skimmers, etc) if your tank is trending to the 80s.

[Reef Pilot]

Well, mine was getting up close to 82 a couple times already when we had warm weather. Luckily, the warm spells only lasted a few days so far this year. But it is going to get much warmer the next couple months, so I think it would have been big trouble.

We do have central A/C. But ironically, the basement warms up too, when it runs, as the air circulates the entire house. We set our A/C temp at 76, which is still warmer than most of the year. The problem is we have a 3 level house, all exposed to the northwest (including the basement level, as we are on a hill), and the sun really heats it up later in the day.

I ran the 2 tanks combined on 1 sump last summer and it worked well. The other advantage is that I decommission 2 pumps (return pump and skimmer) and one sump, so that also saves heat and electricity. On the combined sump I have a single Sedra 20000 with multiple T's that returns both tanks (one up a floor level) as well as to my bio pellet reactor, chiller, and GFO/carbon reactors. It is a very powerful pump, with lots of head pressure, and quiet, too.