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saltyfishy
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It should be ok. Well if your normal temp is 78 or somewhere around there. But Dont trust me.
wax32
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That's borderline bad, but the main question for me is, what is the normal temp of your tank? You don't want anymore than a 1 or 2 degree daily swing ideally.
Keep your room cooled to 75ish if possible and install computer fans in your canopy if you can.
I personally found neither to work well here in New Orleans, my room temp during the summer never gets below 80 even at night. I installed a chiller to fix that problem and haven't had an issue with heat since.
Keep your room cooled to 75ish if possible and install computer fans in your canopy if you can.
I personally found neither to work well here in New Orleans, my room temp during the summer never gets below 80 even at night. I installed a chiller to fix that problem and haven't had an issue with heat since.
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red79
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Mine got that high yesterday and my flame angel got ich. It depends on how easily your fish get stressed. He never lets anyone look at him. I checked on him earlier in the day and he was fine. My husband turned the ac off and 2 hrs later it was up and he was covered. He looks better today so I'm crossing my fingers, I turned my lights off because I have coral life ,and floated a bag of ice and it came down and has been at 82 ever since.
mudplayerx
Active Member
Originally Posted by bigarn
What kind of lighting do you have? 85 degrees is on the higher side if you have a reef tank, but if it's a steady 85 you should be OK.
This is correct. Stability is the main importance concerning temperature. However, 85 is borderline too high. Once you get to 86 or 87 you will have to be concerned about disease.
I'm highly concerned that this is your temperature before having lighting. The lighting is definately going to raise the temp a degree or two. Do you have glass canopies? Remove those if you can as they hinder gas exchange as well as evaporation (which helps lower temp). A good trick is to position your powerheads to where they agitate the surface of the water vigorously... and to place a fan close to the tank that blows across the water surface.
Your topoffs will increase in volume if you do this, but it will help lower your temp anywhere from 2-4 degrees.
ps-if you have a heater, either unplug it during the day or lower it.
What kind of lighting do you have? 85 degrees is on the higher side if you have a reef tank, but if it's a steady 85 you should be OK.
This is correct. Stability is the main importance concerning temperature. However, 85 is borderline too high. Once you get to 86 or 87 you will have to be concerned about disease.
I'm highly concerned that this is your temperature before having lighting. The lighting is definately going to raise the temp a degree or two. Do you have glass canopies? Remove those if you can as they hinder gas exchange as well as evaporation (which helps lower temp). A good trick is to position your powerheads to where they agitate the surface of the water vigorously... and to place a fan close to the tank that blows across the water surface.
Your topoffs will increase in volume if you do this, but it will help lower your temp anywhere from 2-4 degrees.
ps-if you have a heater, either unplug it during the day or lower it.
