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Very nice post JRod! Anymore pro/zeo people on board here? Please give us your feedback. Thanks, Carlo

phil519, I agree with you. I think a stable "range" is more important too then a nailed down specific temperature. Just my opinion however. Phyl, I agree with you too that there are lots of opinions on temps. I also want to try and find some other articles to post that give good reason to keep...

I myself haven't really experienced problems at this temp but do know of others who have. Short durations into the 86 mark IMHO don't do much even to Acros but keep it short at the higher temps. :) Of course every system is different. I think IMHO the biggest thing is people who keep the tank...

I'm one of the lucky ones I guess as I've got "tough skin". Maybe from so many years of working with chemicals and such. Not to much ever bothers me in the tank. I've occasionally had itchy skin but I think that's just from the salt drying. mladencovic, those little jolts of pain on the cuts...

If you know anything about the Zeo system it is very similar only a whole lot cheaper to implement. I personally am not a fan of either system as I think normal good husbandry can get you the same low nutrient system without the problems. That's purely personal opinion keep in mind. Many people...

No more. They were the ones I personally found interesting. The whole archive is available at http://www.reefs.org/library/article/reef_temperature.html for your reading pleasure if you are so inclined. I wanted to capture Ron's thoughts on the spawning like: "The larvae come from upstream...

Eric Borneman I was not following this thread, until I saw esteemed James post a summary which piqued my interest. I take it this had to do with the fabled "ideal" once again. Without having having the full thread, but knowing from experience what these things entail and some views of some of...

Ron Shimek Hi Bob, My concern is the belief that mid 80 degree temps are desirable. Yup. All those corals in the Indo-Pacific reefs must be suffering tremendously. Granted, our captive reefs can and will tolerate these temps, but I'm not so sure that steady maintenance at say 85 or 86 degrees...

Ron Shimek However, for corals from high temperature areas (particularly the Palau- Malay Peninsula-New Guinea are that accounts for over 70 percent of the coral species) this lower metabolism generally also leads to death... Consider if these corals could tolerate lower temperatures in nature...

I'm going to go through some articles from "The Great Temperature Debate" http://www.reefs.org/library/article/reef_temperature.html and list some of them here that I think is worthy of reading. WARNING posts can be long. Ron Shimek The tank is reaching about 88 degrees in the apex of the...

Yea, that's the problem blange3. You can take before and after pictures of things and this can help to a certain degree but that in itself doesn't really mean a lot. I'll rephrase that and say when things don't go poorly, for example unless there are major changes to a coral then how do you even...

This thread is so far off it's original subject I don't think it matters (here) to much at this point so IMHO you're not breaking your own rule/statement Rich. From this thread, I've got a taste of what I've done at times to others (including you Rich) even though it wasn't intentional. One...

I'd love to show before/after pics but since I'm basically starting over from my tank electrocution at Easter when I moved the comparison is void. 6 months is the longest any of my current corals have been in a tank. :( I try to match the reef as close as possible temps, lights, cloud cover...

Rich, Got the pic Thanks, Carlo

Phyl brings up a good point on the tangs. Let us ask you. If you were going to try adding another tang, what would you add? Are there any other fish you have considered? IE do you like any of the Cardinals? Sometimes you can watch the tank to determine habits of the fish. What I mean is look...

Hey Rich. Now that was funny. Good one. Mind if I borrow that? Carlo

What do your nitrates look like? If they are at zero then it's probably safe to add another one. If you are already above zero then your nitrates are only going to rise faster. Let your tank tell you. Besides the nitrates you can also get phosphate buildups from the food you feed. Generally the...

Maybe, you say you are leaving it in a 100 gallon stock tank. IMHO this isn't the best thing to do for a couple of reasons. There isn't a lid (wouldn't think there is) If it's exposed to light you could get some algae growing in it Pure RO/DI water is by it's nature ion hungry. In general terms...

I didn't say that either, it was a quote of Randy's. I didn't dig myself a hole, Randy did. They were his quotes not mine. I understand the 2 Alk units and all and we already covered what happens when it hits the water and we agreed. I'm quite aware it's a FW formula boomer but it's at least...

It is needed Boomer. If your saying one thing but Randy publishes another and answers/agrees with posts that say different then there is a conflict. You're saying he says one thing but his own published work and answers to people's questions say something else at times. I don't disagree with you...