Comments on: Dealing with the Heat – Turn the Heater Up http://glassbox-design.com/2008/dealing-with-the-heat-turn-the-heater-up/ the modern reef blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Heater setup question - Page 2 - 3reef Forums http://glassbox-design.com/2008/dealing-with-the-heat-turn-the-heater-up/comment-page-1/#comment-10935 Heater setup question - Page 2 - 3reef Forums Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:46:55 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/2008/dealing-with-the-heat-turn-the-heater-up/#comment-10935 [...] Originally Posted by Annie3410 I would not worry about "cooking" your sump. I don't think I agree with this. If you cook your sump and the macro algae dies off that is going to release a lot of toxins quickly and could nuke you display. Macro algae may still be more sensitive to heat too, as they still are collected from cooler waters, such as the GOM. So, they may be less temperature tolerant than corals actually. Also, in the last several years, there has been a number of studies showing you can "pre-bleach" or acclimate corals, to de-sensitize them to large temp increases, but I am not aware of any evidence suggesting you can do the same for macro algae. So, you sump may actually be more sensitive. So, not much better. I think the safest bet is a is a heater in both the display and sump. Also, controllers can be good, with their own probe and relay to over-ride the heaters probe. Dealing with the Heat – Turn the Heater Up [...] [...] Originally Posted by Annie3410 I would not worry about "cooking" your sump. I don't think I agree with this. If you cook your sump and the macro algae dies off that is going to release a lot of toxins quickly and could nuke you display. Macro algae may still be more sensitive to heat too, as they still are collected from cooler waters, such as the GOM. So, they may be less temperature tolerant than corals actually. Also, in the last several years, there has been a number of studies showing you can "pre-bleach" or acclimate corals, to de-sensitize them to large temp increases, but I am not aware of any evidence suggesting you can do the same for macro algae. So, you sump may actually be more sensitive. So, not much better. I think the safest bet is a is a heater in both the display and sump. Also, controllers can be good, with their own probe and relay to over-ride the heaters probe. Dealing with the Heat – Turn the Heater Up [...]

]]> By: e&f http://glassbox-design.com/2008/dealing-with-the-heat-turn-the-heater-up/comment-page-1/#comment-545 e&f Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:57:22 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/2008/dealing-with-the-heat-turn-the-heater-up/#comment-545 Ouch.... Sorry to hear that :( Is there anything savable? Let us know if there's anything we can do to get you back on track. Ouch…. Sorry to hear that :( Is there anything savable? Let us know if there’s anything we can do to get you back on track.

]]> By: stonyreef http://glassbox-design.com/2008/dealing-with-the-heat-turn-the-heater-up/comment-page-1/#comment-544 stonyreef Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:49:53 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/2008/dealing-with-the-heat-turn-the-heater-up/#comment-544 "A non-functioning air conditioning unit in your home can possibly lead to the death of sensitive corals such as Acroporas." or dendronephthya... :( Our a/c was out for 4 days while out of town a couple weeks ago when it was 90 here... left the windows closed, clicked "on" on the a/c and walked out the door. Thought we'd come back to a nice chilly home... totally fried... home to 87* gorg & dendro tank. My stonies in other tank made it fine, since I allow a pretty decent (+4*F) daily temp swing there, but azoox coral definitely do not fare well in temps 10*F or more higher than they should be... fans couldn't keep up as they normally would :( :( :( :( “A non-functioning air conditioning unit in your home can possibly lead to the death of sensitive corals such as Acroporas.”

or dendronephthya… :(

Our a/c was out for 4 days while out of town a couple weeks ago when it was 90 here… left the windows closed, clicked “on” on the a/c and walked out the door. Thought we’d come back to a nice chilly home…

totally fried… home to 87* gorg & dendro tank. My stonies in other tank made it fine, since I allow a pretty decent (+4*F) daily temp swing there, but azoox coral definitely do not fare well in temps 10*F or more higher than they should be… fans couldn’t keep up as they normally would :( :( :( :(

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