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Hey bros...

Just wanted to check with you all who are currently keeping (or have kept before) corals WITHOUT a chiller or air-conditioning of room (which tank is placed in)....

Wanna know which type of LPS / Softies can be kept SUCCESSFULLY without the use of a chiller? :)

Pls help list below...tks!

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Erm, sometimes it depends on how warm the area which your tank is situated in. Some reefers can get a 28 or 29 degrees w/o the use of any fan or chiller while others' will shoot above 30. Really depends on how warm your room is. Alot of reefers use a fan to bring the temp down.

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hey guys...

thanks for ya contributions...let's assume it stays ard room temp...plus minus 28 degrees? Using T5 lights...prob 4-6 hrs in the night (when the weather is cooler)?

all past (or present) experiences r greatly appreciated...

personally i've not kept any corals without a chiller...hence...not too sure which can be kept...without a chiller...dun wan to risk guessing...hence seeking fellow reefers experiences :)

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Erm, i think 28 is ok but it shouldnt go any higher than that. 1 thing though, i wonder if 4 to 6 hrs of T5 lighting is gonna be enough for the corals...can any more experience reefers help? Oh, if im not wrong, SG will get much warmer somewhere in the middle of the year and your water temperature might go up.

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List:

1. Oceandeep - clam (4 pcs), prata, brain

2. Spaceman - mushrooms, f ric, yuma, leather, hammer, clove, zoos, aveoplora, stars

3.jasonpoh..lots of mushroom,yuma, buttons, few leather, 1 big squamosa, 2 open brain

, 1 brain, 1 hammer, 1 bubble, 2glove,2 plates, 1 elephant ear.....normal temp 29.

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1. Oceandeep - clam (4 pcs), prata, brain

2. Spaceman - mushrooms, f ric, yuma, leather, hammer, clove, zoos, aveoplora, stars

3.jasonpoh..lots of mushroom,yuma, buttons, few leather, 1 big squamosa, 2 open brain

, 1 brain, 1 hammer, 1 bubble, 2glove,2 plates, 1 elephant ear.....normal temp 29.

4. Nakazoru - GSP, Frogspawn, yuma, zoo, open brain, mushie, 2 maxima, goinopora, Red algae, tube worms at 28C

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Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

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Erm, i think 28 is ok but it shouldnt go any higher than that. 1 thing though, i wonder if 4 to 6 hrs of T5 lighting is gonna be enough for the corals...can any more experience reefers help? Oh, if im not wrong, SG will get much warmer somewhere in the middle of the year and your water temperature might go up.

4-6 hrs is not enuf.

Use a fan at least to keep the temperature constant at 28C. It will be same as per hot season, juz evaporation goes high.

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

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r u guys all using T5s? or MHs?

how long are ya lights on for?

and all ya corals are striving?

pls advise...tks! :)

Mine is 10hrs 4xT5 HO.

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

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Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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1. Oceandeep - clam (4 pcs), prata, brain

2. Spaceman - mushrooms, f ric, yuma, leather, hammer, clove, zoos, aveoplora, stars

3.jasonpoh..lots of mushroom,yuma, buttons, few leather, 1 big squamosa, 2 open brain

, 1 brain, 1 hammer, 1 bubble, 2glove,2 plates, 1 elephant ear.....normal temp 29.

4. Nakazoru - GSP, Frogspawn, yuma, zoo, open brain, mushie, 2 maxima, goinopora, Red algae, tube worms at 28C

5.chucky-1 torch,2 open brian,2 goinopora,3 prata,3 acan,2 cynarina,3 blasto, few f rics, few discomos, few sps frag and many more at below 29c..

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1. Oceandeep - clam (4 pcs), prata, brain, zoos, button,mushie, (alot of new born prata) running 2 DC fan below 29c

2. Spaceman - mushrooms, f ric, yuma, leather, hammer, clove, zoos, aveoplora, stars

3.jasonpoh..lots of mushroom,yuma, buttons, few leather, 1 big squamosa, 2 open brain

, 1 brain, 1 hammer, 1 bubble, 2glove,2 plates, 1 elephant ear.....normal temp 29.

4. Nakazoru - GSP, Frogspawn, yuma, zoo, open brain, mushie, 2 maxima, goinopora, Red algae, tube worms at 28C

5.chucky-1 torch,2 open brian,2 goinopora,3 prata,3 acan,2 cynarina,3 blasto, few f rics, few discomos, few sps frag and many more at below 29c..

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guys...do ya T5s generate a lot of heat...heard they dun...but wanna confirm...from T5s users...

also...oceandeep...where did u get newborn pratas??? sounds so cute! :D

Yes they do from both the tube and ballast. Not as much as MH.

Equipment:

30G Corner Tank with 10G Sump, 2 x 24W artinic T5, 1 x 24W 10K, 1x 24W 20K, 3" Grade 0 sand & Live rocks, Activated Carbon, Bio-home, 2 x Seio M620, Hailea 1/2HP Chiller, Redsea Pro Skimmer

Live Stock:

Turbo Snail x 1, Green Mandarin Dragonet X 2, Blue Tang X 2, True percular x 2, 1 x Algae Bleenie, Clarke clown x 2

Reef:

1 x 2" Blue maxima, Red/Brown/Purple Mushroom (Discosoma), Pink Ricordea yuma, A little colony Brown/Green common Zoanthus, Red/Pink/Green US Zoanthus, Eagle-eye Zoathus, 14 Branch Goniopora Pandoraensis, 1 Starburst Polyps, 3 + 2 Branch Frogspawn, 4 Blasto, palythoa, Cheato

RIPs (Since June 2005):

1. Sabae clown (KO by Clarke clown) 2. 1 branch melted frogspawn 4 branch 3. Golden maxima (Ripe the base off rock by me) 4. Algae Bleenie x 2 (Starvation) 5. Blue Maxima x 1, 2 x Maxima, 1 x frogspawn, rics (Overtemp...)

Old 30G Corner Tank.

Restarted 30G Corner Tank.

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