Emergency! At what temp do you get concerned?

jaxteller007 · Aug 8, 2020

JosephRyan said:
Fans will help but you need something now. With you not getting home to Monday, thats the hard part. Can you control your lights remotely? Pumps? Turn everything off except return pump till u get home

I turned the lights off remotely as well as the heater.
So far its holding steady at 81.

sfin52 · Aug 8, 2020

Do you have a heater. Is it on.

jaxteller007 · Aug 8, 2020

Apparently the heat index was pushing triple digits yesterday and today so that probably explains some of it.

jaxteller007 · Aug 8, 2020

sfin52 said:
Do you have a heater. Is it on.

Not anymore. Its controlled by the apex but just to make sure, I remote turned off the outlet its plugged into.

deahttub · Aug 8, 2020

The great barrier reef goes up to 86. in the summer here in florida, my tank runs to 82...and eveything is fine. I wouldnt worry about 81

Biglew11 · Aug 8, 2020

83-84 I'd start to worry. I'm currently running my tank at 81 on purpose.

JohnnyKnuckles · Aug 9, 2020

How's the tank doing today?

jaxteller007 · Aug 9, 2020

JosephRyan said:
How's the tank doing today?

Dropped down to 79. I'm thinking the triple digit heat index the last couple days probably had something to do with it.

JustAnotherNanoTank · Aug 9, 2020

Run an opposite light schedule in summer if needed. (Lights come on at 9-10pm). Just a trick that I know some use that don’t even have air conditioning. Lots of fans and it stays down. Lights can’t be on tho.

vetteguy53081 · Aug 10, 2020

82.5- 83.5 but no longer an issue as I installed a chiller unit

happaman · Aug 10, 2020

80-81 in my mixed reef. Only problem is there isn't too much wiggle room if something goes wrong. I remember years ago Ron Shimek mapped out the temp swings on different reefs and argued 77-78 degrees was too low, kinda like winter time temps on the reef.

ZoWhat · Aug 10, 2020

Empty used milk jug filled with water and then frozen and then placed in the sump does
W O N D E R S. Keep two while rotating one.

BTW..... you never mentioned what you are concerned about. Fish? Coral? Both can acclimate if the rise is slow..i guess I'd start freaking at 85, 86

jaxteller007 · Aug 10, 2020

skimjim said:
Empty used milk jug filled with water and then frozen and then placed in the sump does
W O N D E R S. Keep two while rotating one.

BTW..... you never mentioned what you are concerned about. Fish? Coral? Both can acclimate if the rise is slow..i guess I'd start freaking at 85, 86

Fish really. We only have the one coral and that duncan has survive (and thrived) all white lights being left on for 3 days and seemingly bleaching it as well as falling off a rock and half it being buried in the sand for multiple days. I'm not sure I could kill that thing if I tried lol.

jaxteller007 · Aug 11, 2020

It's staid stable since we got home. I haven't had a chance to check the probes since we got home late last night but considering the temp is staying stable I have to think they are fine.
I will say that the person house sitting plugged in an air purifier and pointed it at the sump instead of a box fan lol. That would explain why the temp didn't drop while the fan was on it haha.