What temperature do you keep your tanks?

[DennistheMenace]

I keep both of reef tanks at around 76 degrees. I keep a Nem dominant Nano at 78 degrees. What temp are you going with, and why?

 

[Roosterjack]

I run at 77 and everyone seems happy. I sort of averaged the temperatures various sources provided for coral species, inverts, and fish. I find my snails do much better than when I ran closer to 80.

 

[C. Eymann]

I always shot for 79-80 degrees in all reef aquariums both SPS and mixed.

 

[WVNed]

My controller is set for 79. That also happens to be the temperature it stays at while the lights are on.

 

[tuesdayd]

I keep mine at 79. Seems like a good, middle-of-the-road temp.

 

[SReddi]

79.5 F and I based this off of reading "The Great Temperature Debate I, II, III, IV" on Reefs.com
VERY informative and thorough
https://reefs.com/?s=The+Great+Temperature+Debate

 

[Jimmyneptune]

Over what time period should you raise your temperature in the your tank? I just checked my controllers and one was set for 76-77 and the other for 77-78. I wasn't aware I had my low temp set so low for either.
I raised by 1 degree:
for the 76-77 i raised to 77-78.5
for the 77-78 I raised to 78-79

I am thinking of raising to 79 for both.

 

[bearsfish]

I try to keep it right at about 78 in the new tank. In previous tanks I have tried various temps.

At 75 I found everything grew more slowly, but evaporation was slower to occur

at 82 evap was fast, the waste build-up was rapid, but things grew faster in general.

I am shooting for the middle in the hope to find balance with this tank.

 

[ss30]

78.8f as I live in the UK I keep it at 26c(78.8f)

 

[Jfinn]

No chiller so I run 82 at height of the day. SoCal nights get relatively cool and with the windows open I might see a drop to 75 at its worst. Corals and fish don’t seem to be bothered but I have very little SPS and no Arcos.

 

[Nevets9333]

77 is what I aim for. It is easier to heat my tank up if it gets cold, but if the room gets hot I have no chiller so I like to give myself a little extra room/time if the to catch the temp rising.

 

[DuckSlayer627]

Run mine at 80 in the summer. Chiller kicks on at 81. In the winter it stays around 77-78 with heater.

 

[ca1ore]

Setback on the chiller means Summer temp fluctuates between 78.5 and 79.9 F. Smaller setback on the heating means Winter temp fluctuates between 78.5 and 79.5 F. I try to limit swings to less than 2 degrees, but I also don't want rapid cycling of control devices (particularly the chiller). Stability is probably more important than absolute AS LONG AS you are nominally between abut 74 and 84 F.

 

[Qasimja]

a steady 77

 

[The Aquatic Arsenal]

I run everything at 78°F except for my clownfish brood stock system. That runs from 80-82°F.

 

[Bramzor]

And the right answer is.... room temperature
Best way to keep the temperature stable. At least that is if room temperature is stable too.

 

[Dragon52]

Mine is set at 77.5 & has a controller that keeps it between 76.5-78.5.