Just screw em in, take a damp cloth and wipe em down afterwards really well. Dry them with towel, done. It’s the oils from your fingers that boils over and can create hot spots on the glass.
Slow and steady, decided to just play with the halide pendant configuration. Most likely going with two pendants and three orphek 960s. It’ll be tight but it can be done.
I find that 80 is a good blend for me, gives enough room for temp probe error and still be able to ride the fence on either side. Blips in summer are gonna happen unfortunately. Give the corals a little stress so they stronger.
Well crap, I was just unpacking my propane blower from the shed lol j/k. I appreciate the information, been reading that article you linked and checking to see which corals he used as his test subjects. Happy reefing ;)
Exactly, this actually makes me really feel better now and maybe bump my worry meter up to about 83 degrees now. Im blasting my corals with 700 PAR as well, everything is healthy and happy. I see no issues with running warmer tanks but thats just me.
Got Cody hooked on halides with my tank, with SPS dominant tanks heat isn’t as big of a worry as many think. Calcification occurs faster in higher temperatures, my garage at times gets toasty, water temp can rise up to 82 degrees. If I start to creep up more than that I kick on fans and if I’m...