how much of heat can live rock take?

ziyaadb · 05/24/2010, 12:25 AM

So with the tank sold most of my LR has been placed in a Big Bucket with 3 Seios(power heads). The seios give of major heat in such a small volume of water. As the water was warm to the touch not sure of the actual temp higher ten normal tank water. How hot can the water get before the beneficial bacteria perishes? After i felt the water i switched off 1 pump and that cooled it off a bit, should i leave it that way or will it be better hot? I dont care much for the pods as most died off in the move. The denitrifaction is my concern.

cloak · 05/24/2010, 01:13 AM

How hot, I don't really know. Some of those sps corals are high and dry at low tide sometimes though. Go figure. Anything above 86, your pushing it IMO. If the rocks are seasoned, they should be able to take care of themselves. Time will tell.

05/24/2010, 12:25 AM	#1
ziyaadb Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: South Africa - JHB Posts: 733	how much of heat can live rock take? So with the tank sold most of my LR has been placed in a Big Bucket with 3 Seios(power heads). The seios give of major heat in such a small volume of water. As the water was warm to the touch not sure of the actual temp higher ten normal tank water. How hot can the water get before the beneficial bacteria perishes? After i felt the water i switched off 1 pump and that cooled it off a bit, should i leave it that way or will it be better hot? I dont care much for the pods as most died off in the move. The denitrifaction is my concern.

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05/24/2010, 01:13 AM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	How hot, I don't really know. Some of those sps corals are high and dry at low tide sometimes though. Go figure. Anything above 86, your pushing it IMO. If the rocks are seasoned, they should be able to take care of themselves. Time will tell.