98 degrees. how hot has your tank got?

reefpimp#1 · 03/26/2007, 06:26 PM

I put glass canopies on my tank last night and went to work today. It got record warm today so I called the wife to check my temp and it was 98 degrees! Its back down to about 85 now and so far everthing seems to be doing fine, sps,lps and softies.

So, how hot has your tank got without causing severe damage?

My tank has been 112 before but only some fish and a few zoos survived and the zoos didnt open for a month. All lps,sps and softies died mushrooms even melted. Total devastation! Oh ya my gigas clam survived! mushrooms died, clam survived, wierd.

demeyer2 · 03/26/2007, 06:29 PM

I think my record is only 89 degrees before I got a single stage controller for my fans, best investment yet. No worries, tank never gets above 82 now.

reefpimp#1 · 03/26/2007, 06:30 PM

That is something I'm looking at getting. That and a chiller.

BurN · 03/26/2007, 06:32 PM

82

scrmbld33 · 03/26/2007, 06:33 PM

had a heater fry and cooked my tank to 94 over 2 days

reefpimp#1 · 03/26/2007, 06:34 PM

My tanksits between 82 and 85. Been that way for 4 years. Except today. And that last time.

HBtank · 03/26/2007, 06:38 PM

74 and 85 are the min/max.

74 before I added another heater (and out house heater had broken) and 85 when my fan broke.

I freaked out both times, you just made me feel stupid

Nice miniatus though, my roomate fed about $200 in fish to him. He was cool though, fun to watch it hide and stalk.

mr pink floyd · 03/26/2007, 06:42 PM

mine hit 85 once, all fish died and 2 spscorals RTN'd

that was it, i was shocked it only did it at 85, it may have hit higher durign the night, becasue i woke up to total devestation, im even thinking i lost alot of oxygen through it too

reefpimp#1 · 03/26/2007, 06:42 PM

Your Welcome

reefpimp#1 · 03/26/2007, 06:44 PM

You must have had a different issue besides heat unless it did get alot hotter. Oxygen might have done it though.

Bebo77 · 03/26/2007, 06:44 PM

its amazing that anything survived your tank hitting 98... that said my tank never goes more than 1 degree above what i set my controller at..

400M1963 · 03/26/2007, 06:45 PM

Went on vacation during summer and had power outage. Total devastation even with Smart UPS. Only tongue survived. It makes you think about these captive systems ... but then you see another great rig and you get over it.

reefpimp#1 · 03/26/2007, 06:45 PM

Bebo77
GREAT!

dc_909 · 03/26/2007, 06:53 PM

86

cartoonbear · 03/26/2007, 07:00 PM

82...gotta love the chiller

SDguy · 03/26/2007, 07:09 PM

My old tank hit 92F several times during summer heatwaves. Nothing died, but I had only one SPS.

CookieJar · 03/26/2007, 07:19 PM

99 during a heater (in the house) malfunction. 1/2 of everything died but what made it through I've now certified to be 'heat resistant'.

teen · 03/26/2007, 07:27 PM

record high is 86, had no losses.

record low was 60, that was about a month or two ago. i went away snowboarding for 2 days and came home to the whole tank shut off. i lost about $200 worth of frags, but no colonies, clams, fish, or inverts.

RoGeTa · 03/26/2007, 07:36 PM

During vacation I had the tank hit at least 94 (what it was when I got back in the evening) and it was probably like that for 10 days. Parents decided to shut off the A/C...That'll never happen again. Lost an anemone and jaw fish (jumped)

vessxpress1 · 03/26/2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally posted by teen
record high is 86, had no losses.

record low was 60, that was about a month or two ago. i went away snowboarding for 2 days and came home to the whole tank shut off. i lost about $200 worth of frags, but no colonies, clams, fish, or inverts.

This stuff is amazing. My tank got up to 82.5 today and I was feeling uncomfortable about it. It never fails cooling down to 78 at night though, and my heater has to run all night to keep it there. I have the window insulated on two sides behind it but it almost doesn't matter.

I've been experimenting with a new fan blowing across the water. It's evaporating quite a bit but temp still hit 82.5 today. Not bad I guess since the house hit 79.

Man I hate cranking up the AC so early. We just had a blizzard a few weeks ago.

03/26/2007, 06:33 PM	#5
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	had a heater fry and cooked my tank to 94 over 2 days __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

03/26/2007, 06:38 PM	#7
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	74 and 85 are the min/max. 74 before I added another heater (and out house heater had broken) and 85 when my fan broke. I freaked out both times, you just made me feel stupid Nice miniatus though, my roomate fed about $200 in fish to him. He was cool though, fun to watch it hide and stalk. __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

03/26/2007, 06:44 PM	#11
Bebo77 Premium Nonpaying Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lost Posts: 14,377	its amazing that anything survived your tank hitting 98... that said my tank never goes more than 1 degree above what i set my controller at.. __________________ Gabriel Current Tank Info: 300 Gal Envision Tank(98Lx30Wx26T) 120 Gal SoCalCreations Sump, Deltec TC2560, 2 LumenarcsMini 1 Reg on a light mover W Radiums 250& 400, Gallaxy ballasts, Red Dragon 10m3 return W/ 2 WavySeas, 2 6155 Tunze streams

03/26/2007, 07:00 PM	#15
cartoonbear Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 386	82...gotta love the chiller __________________ Click on the red house to see my 50 gallon softy tank being built Current Tank Info: 125g Reef w/ T5 HOs, 50Gallon being built!

03/26/2007, 07:09 PM	#16
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	My old tank hit 92F several times during summer heatwaves. Nothing died, but I had only one SPS. __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

03/26/2007, 06:26 PM	#1
reefpimp#1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 730	98 degrees. how hot has your tank got? I put glass canopies on my tank last night and went to work today. It got record warm today so I called the wife to check my temp and it was 98 degrees! Its back down to about 85 now and so far everthing seems to be doing fine, sps,lps and softies. So, how hot has your tank got without causing severe damage? My tank has been 112 before but only some fish and a few zoos survived and the zoos didnt open for a month. All lps,sps and softies died mushrooms even melted. Total devastation! Oh ya my gigas clam survived! mushrooms died, clam survived, wierd.

03/26/2007, 06:29 PM	#2
demeyer2 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sausalito, CA Posts: 455	I think my record is only 89 degrees before I got a single stage controller for my fans, best investment yet. No worries, tank never gets above 82 now.

03/26/2007, 06:30 PM	#3
reefpimp#1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 730	That is something I'm looking at getting. That and a chiller.

03/26/2007, 06:32 PM	#4
BurN Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Willimantic, CT Posts: 188	82

03/26/2007, 06:34 PM	#6
reefpimp#1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 730	My tanksits between 82 and 85. Been that way for 4 years. Except today. And that last time.

03/26/2007, 06:42 PM	#8
mr pink floyd Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: west hartford, CT Posts: 3,480	mine hit 85 once, all fish died and 2 spscorals RTN'd that was it, i was shocked it only did it at 85, it may have hit higher durign the night, becasue i woke up to total devestation, im even thinking i lost alot of oxygen through it too

03/26/2007, 06:45 PM	#12
400M1963 Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: NE, USA Posts: 282	Went on vacation during summer and had power outage. Total devastation even with Smart UPS. Only tongue survived. It makes you think about these captive systems ... but then you see another great rig and you get over it.

03/26/2007, 06:53 PM	#14
dc_909 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Murrieta, CA Posts: 3,260	86

03/26/2007, 07:19 PM	#17
CookieJar Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mountain View, CA Posts: 545	99 during a heater (in the house) malfunction. 1/2 of everything died but what made it through I've now certified to be 'heat resistant'.

03/26/2007, 07:27 PM	#18
teen Registered Member. Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: MB, long island NY Posts: 963	record high is 86, had no losses. record low was 60, that was about a month or two ago. i went away snowboarding for 2 days and came home to the whole tank shut off. i lost about $200 worth of frags, but no colonies, clams, fish, or inverts.

03/26/2007, 07:36 PM	#19
RoGeTa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ada, Oklahoma Posts: 339	During vacation I had the tank hit at least 94 (what it was when I got back in the evening) and it was probably like that for 10 days. Parents decided to shut off the A/C...That'll never happen again. Lost an anemone and jaw fish (jumped) __________________ "Who am I , if not myself?" - I Heart Huckabees the little read house is just my myspace, I do not have a cool reef website yet ): Current Tank Info: 115 Just set up!