Ideal Temperature

[xirlynx]

Hi guys, I am new here. May I know what is the ideal water temperature for a marine fish tank?

[jackywongto]

Hi guys, I am new here. May I know what is the ideal water temperature for a marine fish tank?

what are you keeping? Just fishes?

[teebs]

Fish only or fish wth corals???

[comycus]

coral or no corals, my temperature is at 27-28.5, which is considered quite high already. In fact, if you are keeping deep water fishes, might have to set lower to ~25. I know a bro here keeps his temp at 23.

[xirlynx]

Fish only or fish wth corals???

Just fish only. No corals. What would be the ideal water temperature?

[jackywongto]

Just fish only. No corals. What would be the ideal water temperature?

For general fishes, I think 28 will do.

Ideal might be 26 - 27 not sure.

[Solo77]

if for fish only, keeping it below 30 should be fine. However, there will be exception for certain livestocks. Do read up more and understand their requirement before buying.

[FACLAN]

guys, sorry to ask as i am newbie here as well.. how bout i keep fish but a few coral only.. like anemoni

[raydiative]

guys, sorry to ask as i am newbie here as well.. how bout i keep fish but a few coral only.. like anemoni

As long as you are keeping corals you should maintain between 24 - 28 degrees C

certain deep sea anemones would require around 24 if i am not wrong..

[teebs]

guys, sorry to ask as i am newbie here as well.. how bout i keep fish but a few coral only.. like anemoni

Depends on what type of fishes and corals you are keeping. Deep sea fishes you will need 24 degC and below. Same for certain deep sea corals that require lower temperatures. But if you are keeping fishes and corals from the Indo Pacific area, then a temperature of ard 28 deg is sufficient.

[FACLAN]

wow... have to keep it below... 24 deg... hmm i think better to get asia pacific region coral.. so i can set the temperature to around 26-27 deg. thanks a lot bro

[Ketchup]

26-28 should be ok for most fishes and LPS.. SPS, u prob need to go slightly lower

[creed2100]

So basically keeping it lower closer to 24 would fit all?

[pokmingsheng]

26-28 would be sufficient...

unless you intend to keep deep water/rare fishes/corals which are not that common in the market..

and i doubt you're gonna invest so heavily in these LS specially if you're just starting..

so IMO, 26-28..

most of the LS out there do well within that range...

[[V]tEc]

26-28 should be ok for most fishes and LPS.. SPS, u prob need to go slightly lower

sps is okie with 28 as i m keeping mine with 28

[FACLAN]

haha.. yeah still in the early state of learning.. so i dun think i will go and get all those rear fish.. will try to keep it arround 26-28 then. thanks a lot

[JCKL]

Hi, I have a small marine fish tank. Is adding ice cubes occasionally instead of installing a chiller bad for the fishes and corals in my tank ? They're ok so far.

[albinosage]

Hi bro, welcome to the forum. Adding ice cube is a very bad idea. When the ice cubes melt, it will decrease the salinity of the water. Even if you freeze salt water to match the salinity, are you going to be around every hour to maintain the temperature? I tried to work around this when I first started my nano tank by using ice packs, end up it does more harm than good, I gave up and bought a chiller.

Edit 1: I know it is bad form to complain about a downvote... but really? I get bad karma for helping a bro out when nobody else answered?

Edit 2: So Raydiative is the culprit! LOL... The price I pay for teasing him all the time, real karma lol.

[comycus]

If you are on budget, use a pc fan instead. Remember to account for evaporation and top up with ro/di water.

[stevenkoh08]

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sps is okie with 28 as i m keeping mine with 28

so can u share more info when the chiller cut in and cut out at which range of the temp

my currently running at cut in at 29 degree and cut out at 28 degree

[raydiative]

arghhh!!! Bino.. i accidentally downgrade you... was suppose to give you a plus one.. paiseh.. =P

JCKL.. What Bino mention is right.. when the ice cubes melt the salinity will decrease.. also, i suppose your ice cubes comes straight from your tap? if so, it will add alot of other minerals in as well such as chlorine...

i would encourage you to at least get a fan.. the troublesome thing is the fast evaporation of water which will increase your salinity..

a chiller would be the best bet..

HTH

[comycus]

arghhh!!! Bino.. i accidentally downgrade you... was suppose to give you a plus one.. paiseh.. =P

JCKL.. What Bino mention is right.. when the ice cubes melt the salinity will decrease.. also, i suppose your ice cubes comes straight from your tap? if so, it will add alot of other minerals in as well such as chlorine...

i would encourage you to at least get a fan.. the troublesome thing is the fast evaporation of water which will increase your salinity..

a chiller would be the best bet..

HTH

Lol, brought back the balance.

[albinosage]

Lol, brought back the balance.

Thank you, will reciprocate in kind the next chance I get. Warning: suaning Ray will result in bad karma hahahaha

[yikai]

fishes can do below 30, but there are many fishes that cannot tolerate high temperature.

in fact, most fishes need at least 27 to 28 to stay comfortable. Most cooler water fishes are uncommon and do no garner interest to average hobbyist because of the price and scarcity, so generally it is safe to say that keeping tempt at 27-28 is ideal.

[JCKL]

Thanks for the advise guys. Where can I find a budget chiller for a 30 litres tank ?