Well I was messing around with my skimmer and my sump the other night and I forgot to plug my fans back in. They are on the same timer as my MH but somehow I forgot to plug them in. Anyway I go to college for the day get back around 7:00pm and the heat is up to 85F from about 78-79F normally. Anyway is this gonna be a problem? Since then I have been slowly lowering the temp back down to the usual. Any help would be great.
Little extra heat!!!
- Thread starter Roach
- Start date
The inhabitants may have been stressed by the sudden temperature raise, but no long term damage should be seen beyond what may already be visible. Because you are SLOWLY bringing the temperature back into normal parameters, I can't see any problems occurring.
If the temperature goes down too fast, you may see an outbreak of ich from the temp swing though.
If the temperature goes down too fast, you may see an outbreak of ich from the temp swing though.
that's nothing- and im not bragging, im pissed(not at you but at what happened to me!)
everythings doing fine for a year and a half and then hte heaters acts up 2 weeks ago- temp on therm says it will maintain at 78*F- it goes up to 85*f, i slowly bring it back down- by turninge lights off, and changing out some water and putting in some 72*f water-
it stabalizes
2 weeks later i go backpacking as a day trip and when i return home that night- the temp is up to 95 Mo Fuc**ng degrees-
i was able to lower it back to 78 my morning-
i removed the heater put in cold packs and ice (enclosed in ziplocks)
bought a new heater and its doing fine now:
im trying to find the brand of heater but there is no labeling and i bought it like a year and a half ago so i dont remember
i have 4 yr old heaters with no problems!! GO FIG?
total damage: loss of larger than basket ball size COLT- it was so pretty
, G*d Da** it!!- my favorite coral i have and i tradded like 300+ retail dollars of xenia to get it(store credit is only 1/3 of retail-) but i would of flushed the Xenia otherrwise- no real loss(i didn't pay for it and would of flushed what i traded in) but only bitter dissapointment-
and loss of my new midas blenny-
a bad day
i will find out what type of heater it was and post warnings lter this weekend!
-KEVIN
everythings doing fine for a year and a half and then hte heaters acts up 2 weeks ago- temp on therm says it will maintain at 78*F- it goes up to 85*f, i slowly bring it back down- by turninge lights off, and changing out some water and putting in some 72*f water-
it stabalizes
2 weeks later i go backpacking as a day trip and when i return home that night- the temp is up to 95 Mo Fuc**ng degrees-
i was able to lower it back to 78 my morning-
i removed the heater put in cold packs and ice (enclosed in ziplocks)
bought a new heater and its doing fine now:
im trying to find the brand of heater but there is no labeling and i bought it like a year and a half ago so i dont remember
i have 4 yr old heaters with no problems!! GO FIG?
total damage: loss of larger than basket ball size COLT- it was so pretty
, G*d Da** it!!- my favorite coral i have and i tradded like 300+ retail dollars of xenia to get it(store credit is only 1/3 of retail-) but i would of flushed the Xenia otherrwise- no real loss(i didn't pay for it and would of flushed what i traded in) but only bitter dissapointment-and loss of my new midas blenny
-a bad day
i will find out what type of heater it was and post warnings lter this weekend!
-KEVIN
- Location
- Palatine IL
I keep my reef at 79-81 degrees. a couple of times I had temperature creep up to 84-85 with no visible damage.
I have added a Neptune controler that I programmed to shut various lights if the temperature creeps up above 82 degrees one set of lights goes off another set of lights goes off if the temp continues to climb & so on. This is an expensive safety net But I love the Neptune controller and bought it for other reasons than just to comtrol temperature.
Sounds like you will be OK with your situation. Good Luck
I have added a Neptune controler that I programmed to shut various lights if the temperature creeps up above 82 degrees one set of lights goes off another set of lights goes off if the temp continues to climb & so on. This is an expensive safety net But I love the Neptune controller and bought it for other reasons than just to comtrol temperature.
Sounds like you will be OK with your situation. Good Luck
- Location
- San Francisco (formerly Manhattan!)
Does anyone else think 77-79 degrees is too cold for a reef?! Mean temperature of reefs worldwide is 83-84, so I keep mine at 83. Never had any ill effects from this... any other experiences with running tanks this high out there?
Curious,
Peter
Curious,
Peter
I agree that 77-79F is too cool for a reef tank.
....and 83-84 degrees should allow the corals flourish given good feeding conditions....I keep my tank in this range with no ill effects...in fact everything seems to be growing well and expanding well at this temperature. I believe Eric Borneman covers the energy budget of corals well in his book 'Aquarium Corals'....and from what I understand when temperature is lower, more energy is expended to keep the animal alive, therefore, less energy is available for growth and reproduction.
....and 83-84 degrees should allow the corals flourish given good feeding conditions....I keep my tank in this range with no ill effects...in fact everything seems to be growing well and expanding well at this temperature. I believe Eric Borneman covers the energy budget of corals well in his book 'Aquarium Corals'....and from what I understand when temperature is lower, more energy is expended to keep the animal alive, therefore, less energy is available for growth and reproduction.
- Location
- San Francisco (formerly Manhattan!)
In what I have read you are right, metabolic rates are more efficient at the higher (83-84) temps, including calcification and photosynthesis, but then fall off more quickly in the upper 80's. It is probably a question of what the corals are used to in the tank- if it is always 83-84 they do well, but if this is the high end of a 79 degree norm, yes, they would probably show some stress. Fish only tanks tend to be run lower to aid the fish, because oxygen solubility is an inverse of temperature, but reef fish should be used to the higher temps...
Do I open the can of worms that SG should be 1.026 at these temps too?
Do I open the can of worms that SG should be 1.026 at these temps too?
Yes. I think it is too cool. I shoot for 80-82, but my tank usually is at 82 in the day, sometimes it gets up to 83F
As for heaters sticking, I have my heaters and fans connected to a dual stage temp controller so there is a failsafe if the thermostats in the heaters stick. Works great! Best $100 I ever spent.
Ernie
Well thanks for the replys everyone. I was thinking of raising my temperature up to what everyone has been recommending (80-82F). Anyways, my tank has been running at the current temp(77-78F) for over a year now and I was wondering if it would be safe to slowly raise the temp or just leave things alone since things are doing fine?
- Location
- San Francisco (formerly Manhattan!)
If your tank has been up for a long time at the lower temp, you can raise it if you want, but shoot for very slowly. "Seasonly slowly". Like one degree a month...
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