Athier Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Dear All, I'm moving from 2 ft to 3 ft tank soon. There are only rocks with Squirrel fish, nemos, Damsel. The water temp. for the current 2 ft is within 28-30Deg. I was thinking of putting anemones in and not sure will it survive without a chiller. Can advise? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Underwater Posted December 24, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yes, chiller is needed for anemone in our hot climate , in fact, for most corals and inverts too. Fishes prefer cooler waters too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member News Posted December 24, 2011 SRC Member Share Posted December 24, 2011 For information, I have an bubble tip anemone without chiller for the past 5 years. Tank was cooled by fan only. Temperature is maintained around 27 deg C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athier Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Thanks guys, I've tried using fan for the previous 2 ft tank but the water temp cant reach 27Deg could be due to my house temp. too. Anyway I will try using fan again 1st and at the same time maybe wld consider a chiller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansiz Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Thanks guys, I've tried using fan for the previous 2 ft tank but the water temp cant reach 27Deg could be due to my house temp. too. Anyway I will try using fan again 1st and at the same time maybe wld consider a chiller. A chiller will save you alot of trouble as compared to cooling fan. The evaporation rate of cooling fan is too high, and you need to constantly top up water, somemight have difficulties getting pure fresh water for top up and some uses over night tap water which is very wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athier Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Never use chiller before but i agree it saves alot. Used to topped with 2-3 days h2o for my ex 2 ft and found fast growth dark brown algae on tank and LR. Some bros said that for 3-4 ft fowlr wld be ok to top up with the overnight h2o. So far now im using DI water for topping up. So far so good. Thks for sharing bros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terencekhung Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 i guess for better colorings should have maintained at lower temp.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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