Ladies and Gents,

I, like many of you, battle algae (most likely due to my lighting and feeding requirements of some corals and my "need" for having robust coral growth). Throughout the years I have noticed that as it cools off in the fall/winter months my tank goes from an average temperature of 78 (range 77-80 mode 78) to 76 (range 75-78 mode 76) and in conjunction my algae growth drops off precipitously. My corals then respond with a vibrant period of growth during this temperature depression. I was just wondering if anyone else noticed this phenomenon; and if so, this may be an effective way of providing the strong lighting and feeding requirements of some corals while keeping problematic algae growths to a minimum. Interested to hear thoughts...

Yeah the survey is just to get a general feel... if you think of other questions that would be useful please let me know...

It is recommended to keep temps as low as possible afaik because it lowers the metabolic rates of all animals, bacteria etc thus reducing waste production. Less nutrients : less algae, not sure why the corals would grow better though, unless they like the cleaner water. I know o a few people who keep the temp up to encourage faster growth, there could be a balance or one or the other theory could be a myth...

Yeah, I am sure metabolic rate is decreased to some degree maybe allowing snails to gain an edge or just allowing the NH3-Nitrite-Nitrate Cycle to gain an edge?? I think the coral growth improves b/c it is known that algae growth can hamper/kill coarls...If you are seeing an obvious decrease of the algae in the tank grossly with the human eye than you could only imagine the decrease at the cellular/microscopic level that the coral must compete....