Temperature issues...

[Patrick]

sure, why not? for such a small tank, abit will be enough. Guideline for me is 0.5 teaspoon to a 1L of water. After that it's just monitoring your kh via kh test kits. If your kh drops by a fair bit then you slowly increase your dosage. For your size, my guess is 1 teaspoon to 1L is sufficient.

Thanks bro.

[Patrick]

Custom made a glass cover for my 34L tank. Big mistake... All fishes died even with fan. I guess water could not evaporate to bring temp down? What a day....

[MarcoVan]

Is your glass cover covering the whole tank?

I think today is hot which explains their deaths but covering the tank top prevents oxygen exchange. That can kill them too.

[Patrick]

Is your glass cover covering the whole tank? I think today is hot which explains their deaths but covering the tank top prevents oxygen exchange. That can kill them too.

The glass cover does not cover the IOS section. I think it is more like what you said prevent oxygen exchange.

[reef garden]

You check your tank parameters to rule out other causes? What's the tank temperature? If you have fan, how dud you install it when there's a cover?

[Patrick]

I am using OF nano space. Fixed the dymax fan at the back of tank blowing into the iOS section. I haven't check para but both fishes were doing very well.

[Patrick]

Using fan evaporation is no joke.. Need to top up 2 litre of DI water. Water level dropped below outlet water spray is terrible. Salinity also shoot sky high. Wonder whether it will help bring down temp if pump air with wood block like I see in some lFS. Salt spray can be contained with a tank cover. I know bubble will effect sps but lps should be ok right?

[Gouldian]

Using fan evaporation is no joke.. Need to top up 2 litre of DI water. Water level dropped below outlet water spray is terrible. Salinity also shoot sky high. Wonder whether it will help bring down temp if pump air with wood block like I see in some lFS. Salt spray can be contained with a tank cover. I know bubble will effect sps but lps should be ok right?

Adding woodstone will not reduce temperature significantly compared to fan as it is still using the theory of evaporation.

Another crude method is use ice, this method is more reliable. Just place water in water bottles and put in freezer, add iced bottle into tank and swop whenever the ice melted.

HTH

[Patrick]

Adding woodstone will not reduce temperature significantly compared to fan as it is still using the theory of evaporation. Another crude method is use ice, this method is more reliable. Just place water in water bottles and put in freezer, add iced bottle into tank and swop whenever the ice melted. HTH

Thanks bro. I will try out the aeration method and see if polyps and GSP will survive.

[MarcoVan]

Adding woodstone will not reduce temperature significantly compared to fan as it is still using the theory of evaporation.

Another crude method is use ice, this method is more reliable. Just place water in water bottles and put in freezer, add iced bottle into tank and swop whenever the ice melted.

HTH

Alternatively buy a tunze nano osmolator and hook it up to your tank. Gives you a peace of mind in your water parameters and still save electricity by employing the fan (:

You have space in that ios, maximize it for the right stuff (:

[Patrick]

Alternatively buy a tunze nano osmolator and hook it up to your tank. Gives you a peace of mind in your water parameters and still save electricity by employing the fan (: You have space in that ios, maximize it for the right stuff (:

Thanks bro u are absolutely right. Googled and find its great. Where to buy and how much? Thanks!

[MarcoVan]

You can seek out Madpetz for them. I believe Ken still has stock for nano osmolator.

[Patrick]

You can seek out Madpetz for them. I believe Ken still has stock for nano osmolator.

Thank you bro will check it out at madpetz.

[illumnae]

Ken didn't have stock as of last week. I got mine from n30.

The usual ones who stock it are Madpetz, Marine Life, n30 and of course Reef Depot itself. I bought mine last week and just set it up yesterday. Feels good coming into office today and not having to top up the tank Will be installing a fan soon.

[Patrick]

Ken didn't have stock as of last week. I got mine from n30.

The usual ones who stock it are Madpetz, Marine Life, n30 and of course Reef Depot itself. I bought mine last week and just set it up yesterday. Feels good coming into office today and not having to top up the tank Will be installing a fan soon.

Thanks bro. Which LFS is n30?

[illumnae]

It's weeyang the tank maker who now sells accessories as well. http://www.n30.com.sg/

the Nano Osmolator is not on the website, but you can sms him to arrange collection.

[Patrick]

Thanks bro. May I ask How much?

[illumnae]

Best to check with n30 for pricing.

[Patrick]

Best to check with n30 for pricing.

Ok thanks

[reef garden]

I thought I will share this here for bros with small pico tanks like mine without chillers. I installed fans on my 2 tanks (27 liters and 56 liters). When I initially set the fans to operate at the same time when the lights are on, I was only able to keep the temperature fluctuating around 28-31 degrees. But recently I set the fans to be on 247 and was able to consistently maintain temperatures around 28-29 degrees and the water does feel cooler. The trade off for the latter is obviously I have to top off more water lost through evaporation.