Temps vs Params

[schooleyosis]

Anyone have any idea if there is a correlation between temperature of the water and the corals intake of ALK/CAL/MAG elements?

I'm my aquarium I drop the summer temp of 80 down to 78 for the winter months. It seems like the drop in temp made my params go up quite a bit. I've went from dosing 120ml's per day of 2-part down to 80mL's per day in the past month. I've lowered the temp over two months time very slowly...

I was wondering if warmer temps make the corals grow faster which would take up more supplements???

 

[sluicebox]

It more be more of a factor with your test kits than the actual concentrations but concentrations will vary with temperature. I wouldnt expect two degrees to be enough to change the actual concentrations significantly.

 

[JOKER]

There was a thread on the main board about coral growing faster in warmer water. Didn't say that he dosed more but sounds logical. That guy also lost everything fast to a bacterial problem I think the warmer water sped up the process.

 

[bknapp]

There is a correlation between the two. If I remember correctly the higher the temp the faster stony Corals metabolism runs thus using up more elements.

 

[schooleyosis]

I'll have to chart out the tanks usage of additives versus temperature to show the correlation. It mainly seems to affect ALK at this point in time.