Confused About temp

DSR

DSR

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So I am looking at different types of coral that i could put in my 24 gallon aquapod and now I am concerned that I am going to cook all of my coral. The temp range seems to max out at 80 degrees f on each coral. My tank is consistantly over 81 degrees (even with my addition of a second fan in the hood).

I guess a chiller would work, but I don't want to have to drill a hole in the glass of the tank (with my luck I would screw it up). I don't see why the company wouldn't take the temp into consideration when designing the nano tank.
 
There are many nano chillers out there, even on sale right now at MarineDepot. You don't really have to drill the tank to install a chiller.

It is tough keeping temps down in good range, but for many years I ran in the 81-82 range every day without any ill effects.. It is only when you reach 84 that you start to see bad things happen. Most people don't like to run at 82 because it is so close to the upper limits but it won't hurt anything if that is as hot as it gets. I used the "frozen water bottle" (40 frozen water bottles in the freezer, putting in 8 at a time would drop the temp 1.5 degrees in 15 minutes on my tank) method for many years up until a couple weeks ago I finally got a chiller and now my tank sits nicely at 77.7-78.5.
 
Looks like the frozen water bottles will be the way to go... I guess it wouldn't be that much of a hassle to swap them out a couple of times a day to refreeze. The flat liquor bottles would fit nicely in the back area and I coudl freeze up 1/2 dozen or so... then have my wife swap them out every now and again. Will have to work on this tonight and see how much it drops the temp. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
Average reef temperature is 82. No sweat. (pun intended)
 
mcsassy said:
Average reef temperature is 82. No sweat. (pun intended)
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Agreed. Beyond that, reefs that sport the most diversity in terms of coral species averaged around 84 F. I'd say that 79-84 is fine, with 82 being closer to optimal. I have always maintained my reef tanks at around this temperature, anyway.
 
hahah. Ace. admit it, you are an overachiever... if other folks can get theirs to 79 you will figure out a way to go to 77, lol. I still can't get over how cool your tank is...
 
Our reef tank runs between 80 - 83F, depending on the time of year / time of day. The only time I had any issues was when it hit 85F and stayed there for an entire day.
 
That is where I am at right now. I figure that the thermometer is not 100% accurate and with it reading somewhere near 84 degrees I have no confidence that my water is at teh right temp. Tried floating frozen soda bottles (20oz) water was melted within 20 minutes. So I think the chiller route is the only way for me to go.
 
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