Whats Ideal Temp For A Small Reef?

[simonas]

My new reef is running at 26.7 and i cant recall if thats slightly too high or not

what do you chaps run yours at?

Simon

 

[lljdma06]

For me, the key is a stable temp rather than if it's too low or too high. I try not to let mine fluctuate too much. A bit of a struggle now that it's Winter. Or you can adopt a gradual seasonal swing. Like a Winter temp that's cooler & a warmer summer temp that's a few degrees warmer.

L

 

[simonas]

it is stabl;e but i know that you can have it too hot or cold for corals and just wondering what the ideal scale is?

 

[lljdma06]

I think a stable temperature between 24-27 is fine for most corals. See, I converted to Celcius for you and everything.

 

[theoilartist]

That's very interesting. I'm finding it very difficult to keep my temp below 27 because we're going through summer atm. I sometimes have to resort to floating an ice brick in my tank just to try to keep it from boiling my inhabitants. I have since heard that other local reefers do the same thing. BTW Simon, I've been reading your journal, very interesting.

, I didn't know that americans could speak in celcius. We'll convert you guys one by one.

Regards,
Duncan

 

[Donya]

Not to thread hijack, but have you tried a clip-on desk fan instead of the ice bricks? Fans will struggle to make a dent if the humidity and temperature in the room are both insanely high, but otherwise it's a way to lower temperature more consistently than with an ice brick. In the past I used the ice brick method, but I switched to mesh tops and fans eventually for the lower maintenance and increased stability.

 

[kj23502]

84F gets into danger zone. I run my tanks anywhere from 78-80F. Several degrees up or down in a day is actually fine for a fish. And when your power goes out or your heater stays on(will eventually happen, just a matter of when) the fish will be more used to some fluctuation so hopefully you can remedy the problem before it gets too out of hand.

 

[ALW]

26.7c is fine. Natural reef temperatures can range from 16c to 34c with the average been around 28c