Temp change

[FunkyFish]

Tank had been steady at 81 degrees. A 90 gal Fowlr. Wanted to see what mid 70s would be like since we have a heat wave in NY now so I pulled the heater and put a fan on it overnight. It's around 76 right now but noticeably a little cloudy which it has never been, tanks been up a year. Any thoughts


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[jduck]

Careful with any drastic temp changes with any tank

 

[Trex]

All 3 of my tanks swing from 76 to 84, depending on the time of day and year --- the biggest swings occur during the Spring and Fall months -- with the windows open.

As long as you keep the swings within the normal range of what you are keeping, there is no problem with having them. In fact, it can be helpful when/if you ever get a temp spike.

 

[Mr tap water]

You could buy a chiller but they are expensive ,but would keep the temperature down


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[FunkyFish]

Could the temp change cause this first time cloudiness. During Sandy w no power for 9 days temps went way down, was boiling water and filling gallon jugs w it and floating them(no casualties either) but got no cloudiness


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[Trex]

IMO, it shouldn't have caused the cloudiness.

However, do you know how much the temp dropped over night?

I would look into a controller -- have both my heater and fan plugged into one, that way I can controll the amount of swing.

 

[FunkyFish]

3...4 degrees tops. Ill be keeping a close eye. 90 w 12 2to21/2 inch fish. Hippo, Niger Huma n clown trigger, yellow wrasse, little 1in scooter,2 clowns and some Damsels that I first used to cycle and **** if these guys won't die. 3inch sand bed, 120lbs live rock, plenty of caves and crannies, 4 circulation pumps, been running 2 aquaclear 110s with carbon and biomax and one sponge ea, clean every two weeks for last year until I upgrade to a 180g w nice skimmer(keep watching Craigslist) and T5 lights


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[Bow]

Do you have any sea stars? Once in a while, usually after a water change mine go nuts and all come out of the rock and the water gets cloudy

 

[FunkyFish]

No stars, think my fan created so much evaporation overnight that my filter cascades were hitting power heads creating micro bubbles which I mistook for cloudiness. Big clean tmrrw tho.


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[Salty-Noob]

What should a tanks temperature range from?

 

[glb]

They shouldn't get above 82 from what I've read. That being said, I think consistency is more important that a specific temp. If the changes are gradual it shouldn't be a problem. It's the fast changes that bother the corals the most.


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12g Nanoreef. Zooanthids, Ricordia, Star Polyps and two clownfish. CF Lighting, 75% actinic blue, 25% 10,000k white.

 

[Salty-Noob]

They shouldn't get above 82 from what I've read. That being said, I think consistency is more important that a specific temp. If the changes are gradual it shouldn't be a problem. It's the fast changes that bother the corals the most.


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12g Nanoreef. Zooanthids, Ricordia, Star Polyps and two clownfish. CF Lighting, 75% actinic blue, 25% 10,000k white.

Well it gets pretty hot out here where I live so I constantly have to check it in the winter and summer

 

[Nicks0912]

They shouldn't get above 82 from what I've read. That being said, I think consistency is more important that a specific temp. If the changes are gradual it shouldn't be a problem. It's the fast changes that bother the corals the most.


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12g Nanoreef. Zooanthids, Ricordia, Star Polyps and two clownfish. CF Lighting, 75% actinic blue, 25% 10,000k white.

Mine is running at around 82-84 ATM and pretty much everything is fine.