Temperature flucutations

[DaveS]

Hey guys,

 

Just thought I take a quick survey of how much temperature fluctuation people have in their systems. Let's get the following data and see if anything interesting comes out as a result.

 

Temperature Range:

Have Chiller?:

Size of tank:

Lighting (type and wattage):

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal):

 

 

Here's mine-

Temperature Range: 75-80

Have Chiller?: No

Size of tank: 200G

Lighting (type and wattage): 2x400W MH

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): SPS

[zygote2k]

Mine incl. maint. tanks:

 

150g no chiller, 575w MH, mixed, 76-80.

90g no chiller, 660w MH and T5, mixed, 76-82.

40g no chiller, 464w MH and PC, mixed 75-78.

12g Aquapod, no chiller, 64w PC, mixed, 78-80.

[Brian Ward]

Temperature Range: 80-82 (generally steady at 81)

Have Chiller?: Yes

Size of tank: 120

Lighting (type and wattage): 2x 400W MH + 4x 24" T5

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): Mostly SPS

 

I was originally keeping everything at 78 but couldn't afford the electric bill. Moving it up to 80 cut the amount the chiller had to run significantly.

[Origami]

Temperature Range: 79 to 79.5

Have Chiller?: No

Size of tank: 180 display / 300 in system

Lighting (type and wattage): 7 x 80W T5 + 1 x 160W VHO over display (720W total); 2 x 250W MH over frag tank (reverse photo period)

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): SPS

 

 

My system is in my finished basement which helps me to avoid using a chiller. When I first got my AC3, the logging function helped me to determine that running the lighting over both the frag tank and display was causing wider temperature fluctuations (2-3 degrees per day worst case) than I desired. Putting the frag tank on a reverse photoperiod allowed me to stabilize the temperature as reported above.

Edited February 27, 2009 by Origami2547

[ctenophore]

Temperature Range: 76-79 winter, 78-79 summer

Have Chiller?: Yes, seasonally

Size of tank: ~800 total

Lighting (type and wattage): 3x400w, 6x110w

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): mixed

[MidnightWolf]

Temperature Range: 76 - 82

Have Chiller?: No

Size of tank: 80gl

Lighting (type and wattage): 2x150w HQI + 2x96W actinic

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): LPS

[amos]

Good census, Dave.

 

Temperature Range: 78-81

Have Chiller?: No

Size of tank: 90G

Lighting (type and wattage): 4X54W T5s

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): Mix with emphasis on rics

[DJBoy98]

Temperature Range: 78 - 79.5

Have Chiller?: NO

Size of tank: 120g

Lighting (type and wattage): 6x48" T5

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): SPS and LPS

[lanman]

Temperature Range: 78 - 82

Have Chiller?: NO

Size of tank: 300g (including sump/refugium)

Lighting (type and wattage): 10x80W T5

Predominant type of corals kept (LPS/SPS/equal): SPS