At what value does your tank temperature leave your comfort zone?

[spit.fire]

84-85 I get slightly worried, I had a dwarf fuzzy lion fish survive 95 a few years back but nothing else survived

[Reef Pilot]

I was fretting when one of my tanks would get up to 82 during a warm spell. My other tank was on a chiller, so temps were always in the 78 - 79 range.

Then just last week (before the real hot spell hit) I combined my tanks into one sump with the chiller. Now both stay down in that 78 - 79 range. In fact, over night had my heater come on a couple times as the temp dipped below 78 (heater set to come at 77.9).

And we keep our house central A/C at 74. So I am a happy camper now.

[marie]

My tank goes from 78 to 82 every day, when it reaches 84-85 I start to panic

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by marie

when it reaches 84-85 I start to panic

Same with me. With my old MH lights, I would switch to reverse photoperiod at that point and turn on my AC unit.

[kien]

I want to know who is panicking when their tank reaches 78 degrees!! I would be panicked 365 days a year if that were my case

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by kien

I want to know who is panicking when their tank reaches 78 degrees!! I would be panicked 365 days a year if that were my case

Send me a buck thru paypal and I'll tell ya

[kien]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Send me a buck thru paypal and I'll tell ya

Well, I did put it on the poll so I shouldn't be surprised to see a result there. Still, I'm surprised to see a result there!

[reefwars]

77.......i panic easily

[gregzz4]

I voted for 79 degrees, and would only panic if it went over 80-81F, but it never has
My tank is very steady @ 79F and I have no issues as my heaters and chiller work well on my controller

[JTang]

Originally Posted by marie

My tank goes from 78 to 82 every day, when it reaches 84-85 I start to panic

Mine is pretty similar to yours. A few days ago it had gone just above 84 n that's pretty much at the limit.

Most of the SPS were cooked and all monti had bleached last summer when it hit 86. I have removed the glass top since and the temperature had dropped at least 2 degrees. Lucky that my tank is in my half basement so it rarely reaches that high. I will leave the MH off when the next heat wave comes.