whats your tank temp?

[fishead]

the temp in my house is 71 all year round but my tank temp is 78 to 80. The tank (75 gal) is built in a wall. the wall is hollow above and below and well ventilated. in the summer i have a pipe coming from the AC duct to blow cool air across the top of the water but in the winter i close it off while the heater is on. there are 2 powerhead moters and a skimmer motor in the tank generating heat and 380 watts of VHO lights that are on 8 hours in the evening. i want to get the tank temp down 5 degres. any cheap ideas? whats your tank temp?

 

[maxalmon]

My tanks stay at 78.8 to 79.2 adn everyone seems to be very happy

 

[fishead]

that make me feel a little at ease but it just seams a little high to me, anyone else? whats your temp?

 

[sinaloa213]

my tank has always been healthy and happy around 81-82
no problems at all

 

[cannonman]

one is always 79 and the other always 81.

 

[chipmaker]

I try to keep mine at 81-82 deg and for many many years its not been a problem. I tend to view most folks keep their reef and FO tanks at too low of a temp anyhow. Just looking at the various online charts of reef temps of the world pretty well shows there is more reefs in the 80 to 84 deg range than are in the 75-78 deg range, and those inthe 70's rarely ever have much fauna collected for retail sales as does the higher temp reefs. I assume most foks keep their tanks art a lower temp "just in case"

 

[bronco300]

my reef stays around 82

 

[fedukeford]

MY 125 reef stays around 80.5

 

[fishead]

feeling better now. i live in SC and my brother in ohio says his 90gal stays at 74 to 75 and told me he would freak if it got to 80. which had me worried about my temp. anyone else?

 

[cajamajo]

I live in South Carolina too. My tank stays 80-82.