What temp do you run?

[Myka]

I have two answers for you. I find tanks are easier to maintain at 78F as everything progresses slower (including growth of corals, but also growth of algae). The corals grow faster at 82F which, depending who's article you read, is close to natural reef temperatures where typical SPS and shallower water LPS are collected. Everything progresses faster at 82F though, including algae growth, breakdown down nutrients, etc. so you have to be more on top of things.

[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.

[Simons]

Originally Posted by reefwars

I heard switching to Celsius can mess with your ph in the salt mix, if not I'll gradually make the change slowly over time so the change doesnt impact the corals too much , they been on Fahrenheit for years now

this should not make any difference, been running with Celsius since I started never had any issues.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Simons

this should not make any difference, been running with Celsius since I started never had any issues.

Ya Denny. That's dumb.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Simons

this should not make any difference, been running with Celsius since I started never had any issues.

I don't know Simon are you sure lol

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Ya Denny. That's dumb.

I read it on the net it HAS to be true

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reefwars

I read it on the net it HAS to be true

Probably old version of net, it's been upgraded.