It is the first of December and my chiller is running! My lights have been out for 2 hours. You are not supposed to need a chiller in December in NC! Understand, I am not complaining about the mild weather, just about my chiller running!

wow.. ya know we have been pretty mild up here too... ;)

Yea, I came home the other day and my tank was 84 degrees. :| I haven't summerized it yet lol

What is the recommended range of temps. I keep my heater set at 78 and at the end of the light cycle the temp is up to 83.4. Is that too much a change? There is a buddy in the Philipines who has a web page and he monitors the reef temp. It ranges all over the 80's and even hits the low 90's.
So what gives?

Welcome to TR, I keep my tank at a steady 82 degrees. The temp of your tank is all based on what you keep in it. Colder stuff needs colder waters 76-78 and wamrer needs warmer 80-82. What type of life do you have in your tank?

I have mushrooms, button polyps, leathers,candy canes,xenias,bulb amenone. I also have a foxface,2 clowns,3 chromis,algae benny,yellow goby, and 1 yellow tang. What do you think?

what size tank do you have Mikebharris ?? i would keep the temp between 79 and 81 degrees.

Its a 55 gal reef ready. I have started a new thread on my tank upgrade(120 gallon) that I'm starting. Please read and add to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!:up:

glad to see you are upgrading (55 is to small for a yellow tang). i will check out the other thread. BACK ON TOPIC. no matter the tank size i stay between 79 and 81 degrees.

Hi Mike,

:welcome: to TR. My chiller comes on at 82 (and it is running right now!) and my heater at 79.