I keep my tank at 72 degrees Fahrenheit

[Reefkeepers Archive]

Have kept it consistent for around a year now, everything is growing fine. I know that if it isn't broken to not try and fix it, though what do you all think? The only corals I've ever lost died because they didn't have any light, and my fish have never shown any signs of disease. The one time I did try and raise the temp by one degree, my baraballotia bleached and died the next day. Thoughts on this? Besides the water being a bit chilly I've never noticed anything bad. All corals and fish are wild caught from Australia. Tank is 1.5 years old. Only been having to dose around once every week or so recently. (At least for calcium, alk still steadily going down)

 

[I never finish anythi]

Interesting!!

 

[BeanAnimal]

The issue with that temperature is that you are at the bottom of the envelope. It takes very little for it to dip into deadly territory if you have a heater problem.

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

The issue with that temperature is that you are at the bottom of the envelope. It takes very little for it to dip into deadly territory if you have a heater problem.

Good thing I have a back up heater! Yea, almost forgot that heater malfunctions happen

 

[Cael Gallery]

Have kept it consistent for around a year now, everything is growing fine. I know that if it isn't broken to not try and fix it, though what do you all think? The only corals I've ever lost died because they didn't have any light, and my fish have never shown any signs of disease. The one time I did try and raise the temp by one degree, my baraballotia bleached and died the next day. Thoughts on this? Besides the water being a bit chilly I've never noticed anything bad. All corals and fish are wild caught from Australia. Tank is 1.5 years old. Only been having to dose around once every week or so recently. (At least for calcium, alk still steadily going down)

Keen to see any pics of the fish you have. I'm also in australia and have kept some local Adelaide fish before

 

[chrisriker]

Super convenient temp to have success with if you are a year-round 72 degrees on the thermostat like I am

 

[Kershaw]

I would like to see pictures as well

 

[Zionas]

Generally the consensus seems to be 76-80 or so, lower temperatures are usually for subtropical / deepwater fish.

 

[Doctorgori]

heck I ran my basement tanks between 70F and 74F for years, maybe decades…
nobody has proven to me this temp is detrimental … someone said “78F is ideal”, and the idea stuck and has been parroted ever since…
I’d guess there is some metabolic penalty, but not sure that’s even true…
I mostly quit using heaters back in the 80s when I lost a entire tank…
I then reasoned waaaaaaaaay more aquariums fail from Aquarium heater malfunctions than house heater malfunctions…when was the last time anyone has heard of an aquarium freezing?
The odds of fish mortality from a stuck thermostat is far more likely than your home dipping below 70F via furnace failure.

 

[Waters]

I think the water temp of 78 came from where the fish are being sourced from..........but they can handle a wide range of temps with water temps dropping slightly in the winter months.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Super convenient temp to have success with if you are a year-round 72 degrees on the thermostat like I am

He's in Australia of course it is

 

[Cael Gallery]

He's in Australia of course it is

Because All of australia is always warm.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Because All of australia is always warm.

Yes