What is the highest temp your tank ever got ?

j007dreamer · 06/19/2006, 02:46 PM

Highest temp ??

SDguy · 06/19/2006, 02:55 PM

93oF. On more than one occasion. Never lost a single thing to it.

Bojan · 06/19/2006, 03:02 PM

30 C (short time)

unmc2001 · 06/19/2006, 03:14 PM

95 F. I lost my candycane coral, open brain, cleaner shrimp and bocolor blenny. my other corls looked bad for a while but have rebounded. I had a heater malfunction.

ACBlinky · 06/19/2006, 03:16 PM

89F for a day -- the heater stuck in the 'on' position and took the temperature up five degrees in a short span of time. Two corals bleached, everything else was just fine. The bleached corals are coming back nicely, no permanent damage.
Right now it's HOT here and there's not much I can do other than crank up the ceiling fans and a/c; because we live in an apartment and get heat from all the floors below us, even that only takes our apt temperature down to 82F or so. All the tanks are at 86-7F, but everything's fine so far.

Amphiprion · 06/19/2006, 03:17 PM

105 F--only lost a few Euphyllia sp.

spoiledcats · 06/19/2006, 03:51 PM

105!?!?!? geeeez. Mine got to 92 once...

ASaleem91 · 06/19/2006, 04:07 PM

92 degrees

Amphiprion · 06/19/2006, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spoiledcats
105!?!?!? geeeez. Mine got to 92 once...

Unfortunately, that wasn't due to outside temps, but from a heater malfunction.

dailydriven911 · 06/19/2006, 04:13 PM

so far 84.4 degrees is the highest i've seen. Only had the tank for four months or so.

Sk8r · 06/19/2006, 04:23 PM

89 degrees for 3 hours under 250 w mh lighting in a 52. Coralline bleaching over 1/3 of the height of the rocks.

Some experts are now suggesting that lighting plays a part in bleaching. I'd be curious if those who didn't have bleaching were under less light.

SDguy · 06/19/2006, 04:27 PM

No bleaching. 250W MH over a 30g hex. So for me, heat plus light didn't equal bleaching.

Snarkys · 06/19/2006, 04:35 PM

haha i don'f feel so bad now : )

DaveG99 · 06/19/2006, 04:38 PM

Probably 81ish

E-A-G-L-E-S · 06/19/2006, 04:41 PM

82.5....then all the halides got shut off by ac jr.(ambient room temp. was 87)

silversnake · 06/19/2006, 07:36 PM

85 i had one feather duster croak but may have been unrelated.

SVXH6 · 06/19/2006, 07:41 PM

105, lost a breeding Clarkii pair..

wrenchhead · 06/19/2006, 07:42 PM

86 if my wife forgets and turns the ac up before she leaves the house(no chiller.I rely ont ac to cool the tank)

Btboy2004 · 06/19/2006, 07:58 PM

86 F, no power for 8 hrs. No losses.

mg426 · 06/19/2006, 08:19 PM

84 no problems so far

Tate · 06/19/2006, 08:19 PM

My roomates turned off the AC one weekend I was also gone last summer. Tank temp was at 89 for two days. I lost my yellow angel and chocolate chip star. The clown and firefish survived. Luckily I had no coral or they surely would have been toast.

evil_monkey · 06/19/2006, 08:20 PM

83.6, and I freaked out. didn't lose anything, but I'm still new and didn't know what to expect.

flameangel88 · 06/19/2006, 08:51 PM

84.9 on Sunday while I was away for the weekend lucky as everything looked okay.

sherm71tank · 06/19/2006, 08:54 PM

Mine hit 96 on two occasions. Both times my GBTA split! Didn't lose any animals.

G13 · 06/19/2006, 09:14 PM

96 for a few days went on Vacation for 10 days and my DAD came over and thought I forgot to turn off the ac.....Lost 2 cleaner shrimp everything else was fine.

06/19/2006, 02:46 PM	#1
j007dreamer Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 262	What is the highest temp your tank ever got ? Highest temp ??

06/19/2006, 02:55 PM	#2
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	93oF. On more than one occasion. Never lost a single thing to it. __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

06/19/2006, 03:16 PM	#5
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	89F for a day -- the heater stuck in the 'on' position and took the temperature up five degrees in a short span of time. Two corals bleached, everything else was just fine. The bleached corals are coming back nicely, no permanent damage. Right now it's HOT here and there's not much I can do other than crank up the ceiling fans and a/c; because we live in an apartment and get heat from all the floors below us, even that only takes our apt temperature down to 82F or so. All the tanks are at 86-7F, but everything's fine so far. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

06/19/2006, 03:17 PM	#6
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	105 F--only lost a few Euphyllia sp. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

06/19/2006, 03:51 PM	#7
spoiledcats Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lehigh Valley Posts: 622	105!?!?!? geeeez. Mine got to 92 once... __________________ Robin

06/19/2006, 03:02 PM	#3
Bojan Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Slovenia Posts: 969	30 C (short time)

06/19/2006, 03:14 PM	#4
unmc2001 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 301	95 F. I lost my candycane coral, open brain, cleaner shrimp and bocolor blenny. my other corls looked bad for a while but have rebounded. I had a heater malfunction.

06/19/2006, 04:07 PM	#8
ASaleem91 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Centreville, Va Posts: 248	92 degrees __________________ ASaleem91 "I'll believe it when I see it" Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef Tank

06/19/2006, 04:13 PM	#10
dailydriven911 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bonney Lake, WA Posts: 550	so far 84.4 degrees is the highest i've seen. Only had the tank for four months or so. __________________ Red Sea Reefer 170, Kessil A360N w/ controller, MP10wes, RKL, BM Curve 5, Aquamaxx Reactors

06/19/2006, 04:23 PM	#11
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	89 degrees for 3 hours under 250 w mh lighting in a 52. Coralline bleaching over 1/3 of the height of the rocks. Some experts are now suggesting that lighting plays a part in bleaching. I'd be curious if those who didn't have bleaching were under less light. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/19/2006, 04:27 PM	#12
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	No bleaching. 250W MH over a 30g hex. So for me, heat plus light didn't equal bleaching. __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

06/19/2006, 04:35 PM	#13
Snarkys RC Sponsor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 3,516	haha i don'f feel so bad now : ) __________________ Ryan B BRSTV & 52 Weeks of Reefing

06/19/2006, 04:38 PM	#14
DaveG99 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Forney Texas Posts: 1,597	Probably 81ish

06/19/2006, 04:41 PM	#15
E-A-G-L-E-S Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 7,038	82.5....then all the halides got shut off by ac jr.(ambient room temp. was 87) __________________ Smug Egotistical Contemptuous It's difficult to get a man to understand something that his salary requires him not to.

06/19/2006, 07:36 PM	#16
silversnake Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: rockmart Posts: 57	85 i had one feather duster croak but may have been unrelated.

06/19/2006, 07:41 PM	#17
SVXH6 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 2,685	105, lost a breeding Clarkii pair..

06/19/2006, 07:42 PM	#18
wrenchhead Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: melbourne FL USA Posts: 350	86 if my wife forgets and turns the ac up before she leaves the house(no chiller.I rely ont ac to cool the tank) __________________ I could quit if I wanted to. Current Tank Info: 80g mixed reef

06/19/2006, 07:58 PM	#19
Btboy2004 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 215	86 F, no power for 8 hrs. No losses.

06/19/2006, 08:19 PM	#20
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	84 no problems so far __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

06/19/2006, 08:19 PM	#21
Tate Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri Posts: 388	My roomates turned off the AC one weekend I was also gone last summer. Tank temp was at 89 for two days. I lost my yellow angel and chocolate chip star. The clown and firefish survived. Luckily I had no coral or they surely would have been toast.

06/19/2006, 08:20 PM	#22
evil_monkey Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa,OK Posts: 223	83.6, and I freaked out. didn't lose anything, but I'm still new and didn't know what to expect. __________________ OMAS member 46gl sps 175watt 14,000k MH 2-39watt T5ho 10gl 2x 40watt 3gl refugium Current Tank Info: nano reef, 75 gallon african cichlid, 46gallon sps

06/19/2006, 08:51 PM	#23
flameangel88 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 3,998	84.9 on Sunday while I was away for the weekend lucky as everything looked okay.

06/19/2006, 08:54 PM	#24
sherm71tank Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,670	Mine hit 96 on two occasions. Both times my GBTA split! Didn't lose any animals.

06/19/2006, 09:14 PM	#25
G13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: chicago Posts: 810	96 for a few days went on Vacation for 10 days and my DAD came over and thought I forgot to turn off the ac.....Lost 2 cleaner shrimp everything else was fine.