What do is your temp and salinity?

[thedasher]

So I'm getting back into the hobby and want to refresh my memory on the temp and salinity of a reef tank. Last I remember was temp at about 78 and salinity at 1.025. I'm currently setting up an apex as well so I want to note down these limits to shut off heaters, lights, etc according to this value.
Thanks

 

[Old Fritz]

are you doing fish only or are you adding corals?

 

[VO6]

My system, as of right now, has a salinity of about 1.023 and a temperature at 78 F.
Once I add corals, I will be maintaining the salinity at 1.025

 

[thedasher]

are you doing fish only or are you adding corals?

I will be doing corals, mainly zoa's and lps and soft corals

 

[Crabs McJones]

78° and 1.026SG

 

[ello42]

26c and 1.025

 

[ScottR]

So I'm getting back into the hobby and want to refresh my memory on the temp and salinity of a reef tank. Last I remember was temp at about 78 and salinity at 1.025. I'm currently setting up an apex as well so I want to note down these limits to shut off heaters, lights, etc according to this value.
Thanks

Welcome back to the game! I keep mine at 1.026 because it’s kind of the norm for corals. But also, when I get corals from my LFS or frag swaps, most of them came from 1.026 water.

 

[Coralreefer1]

78-82 degrees is ideal. As for salinity, remember that different regions of the world where marine life lives, salinity values differ. For example, the salinity of the Red Sea is different from that of the Caribbean. Reef Flats have a different salinity than reef slopes. Areas where rivers run off into the oceans also have different salinity values than open oceans or other areas further away from estuaries.
This is due to the amount of evaporation or precipitation in those areas.
Long story short, life evolves and adapts. The same can be said about the living animals in our tanks. Their really isn’t just one salinity or temperature value that is ideal. What may be good for one aquarist might not be optimal for another. Moreover, animals given small fluctuations over time will adjust and acclimatize to the different water parameters.
The same holds true with certain corals and their ability to dispel one strain of zooxanthellae for another that best suits the corals needs given the environment at that time.
Hope this helps...

 

[Jinko]

26c and 35 ppt

It doesn't matter as long as you are in the ballpark (many corals/fish we keep come from different places in the world all with different temps and salinities) , stability is the thing to focus on.