Whats your salinity

[Madreefer420]

Yea my buddie has a smaller tank but he prolly needs to get a chiller has huge problems with temp in the summer

 

[Gregcoyote]

Rapid temperature swings do more damage than you might think. That's one thing you won't see in the ocean. Cooler currents do happen, but it is pretty slow.

 

[bavass]

I use to run my tank at 80 and in summer would get to 84 since then i added a fan to sump dropped heater temp to 78 never gets above 80 in summer

 

[Hardridge]

Live in Ca I have 360watts of LEDs my temp is 77.7 only with a chiller if not my tank would be over 80

 

[Madreefer420]

Rapid temperature swings do more damage than you might think. That's one thing you won't see in the ocean. Cooler currents do happen, but it is pretty slow.

Yea for sure I was telling him that but he doesn't ha e the money to dump on a chiller yet

 

[Gregcoyote]

I sure understand that, but that should also be factored into the corals he can keep.

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

1.023 & 81-81 degrees F.

 

[Gregcoyote]

1.023 & 81-81 degrees F.

I tend to go a bit higher on salinity and consider 81-82 near top of the temperature range for many sensitive corals. In open water they can stand higher for brief periods of time, but our closed systems are more vulnerable. Yes, I know some have subjected their corals to up to 86F, but I guaranteed they didn't like it.

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

Is that temp too high for a fish only tank? I don't plan on doing coral yet. Pretty new to the whole thing.

 

[aadair22]

1.26-1.27 salinity

8.0 ph

79-80.5*

 

[Gregcoyote]

I think it's fine for fish.

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

Everyone seems to be happy. I haven't looked into a chiller. What do they run $$$?

 

[Gregcoyote]

Depending on the size (horsepower of the motor) they can vary from $300-1000. If you move to a reef setup with light sufficient to grow most medium to high light corals, you will probably need a chiller. Fish could care less about the lighting.

 

[rktman56]

1.025
77-78 (with the use of a chiller)
pH 8.1 to 8.2 (drops at night but running a 24hr photo period on fuge)

 

[jefferzbooboo]

1.025
78 degrees
pH 8.2