buzz
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OK, here's the deal...My A/C Unit in my house went out the other day...won't be fixed until Thursday...
So...I came home Saturday night to find my house was 86 degrees, and my tank was just under 84 degrees...don't know how, but nothing died...if anything, everything looked happier.
Now..over the next few days of icing my tank down mid day, I have kept a temp of 80-82 degrees fairly constantly, whereas I was going 78-80 degrees prior.
Yesterday I did a water change, and noticed that my pod population has become visibly more active...you can see little pods crawling all over the glass near the sand. My mini brittle stars have come out of the rock and to my surprise, have apparently grown in number, and size. I also have what I can only assume is a baby sand star on my glass (I assume this because it is similar to my existing sand star), although not entirely developed...(only 3 arms, and little bumps where the others are growing - definitely a star, and moving all over the glass.)
So, my tank seems to be doing better at the higher temp. I have always been told 78-80 degrees is the range to keep, but now I am questioning it.
Thoughts?
So...I came home Saturday night to find my house was 86 degrees, and my tank was just under 84 degrees...don't know how, but nothing died...if anything, everything looked happier.
Now..over the next few days of icing my tank down mid day, I have kept a temp of 80-82 degrees fairly constantly, whereas I was going 78-80 degrees prior.
Yesterday I did a water change, and noticed that my pod population has become visibly more active...you can see little pods crawling all over the glass near the sand. My mini brittle stars have come out of the rock and to my surprise, have apparently grown in number, and size. I also have what I can only assume is a baby sand star on my glass (I assume this because it is similar to my existing sand star), although not entirely developed...(only 3 arms, and little bumps where the others are growing - definitely a star, and moving all over the glass.)
So, my tank seems to be doing better at the higher temp. I have always been told 78-80 degrees is the range to keep, but now I am questioning it.
Thoughts?
