What is your ideal reef temperature?

[Eric Miller]

Living in Florida I only use a heater about 4 months out of the year, the temp. range is 78 to79 F. above 79 F. then the fan cuts on.

 

[schooncw]

I was reading a bit of "Coral" by Eric Borneman and he was discussing ideal temp. for our reefs and it got me wondering if the 76 degrees I keep my reef at might be too low. Wondering what temp. most reefers aim for? and why?
Cheers! Mark

I don’t use a heater and my temp fluctuates in the mid to high 70ies. The key is gradual change.

 

[terraincognita]

During that heat wave a week ago mine peaked at 89. Lost quite a bit of sps. I thought I had fans in storage but was wrong

I had the exact same thing.

had a record heat wave of 121

 

[Bob Weigant]

I had the exact same thing.

had a record heat wave of 121

Reminds of my time in Vegas

 

[EW_Fish]

74 +/- 1

 

[terraincognita]

Apparently coral growth is best between 78-80 degrees.

not sure where I got that information from, could be erroneous. But I’ve always just used that for some reason....