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Offline CoralBeauties

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best water temp for sps
« on: December 08, 2017, 14:03:07 »
I have been playing around with my apex and trying to settle on the best cut on and off temp for my tank.  From some reading I have done the major concern seems to be cycling the heater too much and causing a shorter lifespan for the heater.   I have probably a 200 gallon system and with one 500 watt heater I dont think I would be short cycling the heater with a tighter temp curve.  Whats everyone keeping your system at?  I think mine is currently set at 78.2 to 78.8
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Re: best water temp for sps
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2017, 15:07:10 »
I don't run a heater in my set up minus my 4- 400watt MH haha. Any way my tank temp during the winter has a daily swing from around 75 to 79  in the summer it runs 78- 82. I will note at 82 my lights shut down. If i were to pic a target temp to hold it would be in the 77-78 range.

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Re: best water temp for sps
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2017, 17:13:53 »
78-78.5 here but I lost one of the heaters and it isn’t currently keeping up temp

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Re: best water temp for sps
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2017, 08:19:17 »
78-80, i find my tank to mostly be in 79.5* when i check, but no apex here. Just check with my digital temp controller. It would be nice to log that however.

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Re: best water temp for sps
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2017, 12:41:50 »
I program the Apex for 78.1 to 78.4 with a separate digital thermostat between the 2-200watt and 1-300watt heaters to protect against over temp. Because of hysteresis the tanks temp varies 78.0 to 78.5.  I have about 200 gallons as well with a mixture of corals.
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Re: best water temp for sps
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2017, 20:58:17 »
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I program the Apex for 78.1 to 78.4 with a separate digital thermostat between the 2-200watt and 1-300watt heaters to protect against over temp. Because of hysteresis the tanks temp varies 78.0 to 78.5.  I have about 200 gallons as well with a mixture of corals.
Gary

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Re: best water temp for sps
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2017, 09:46:01 »
Mine Fluctuates between 77.5 and 77.7

 

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