tank in aircon room.

[Evolutionz]

Hey fellas, how many of you keep before nano tanks in your bed room? with aircon at night. i have a small beta tank in my bedroom which temperature is probably 22 - 24C.. and will not go above 27C during day time.. thinking of setting up a nano! with mainly LPS/Zoas.. was wondering will it be too cold?

[VelvetAirwaves]

Imo, it depends on what the temperature is in your room at night. If the fluctuation is too big then might want to invest in a heater to control the temperature at night.

[VelvetAirwaves]

My tank is in my bedroom, the ambient temp at night is roughly 23 deg, in the day I use a fan to cool to about 25-26 deg.

[Evolutionz]

Thanks, hows urs corals taking the cold water?

[VelvetAirwaves]

Well, my tank is fairly new, I only have a polyp of a mushroom to test. So not much to test with yet.

Before the decomm however, the corals seemed to colour up better in the colder temp. Ideally I would like it to remain at 25, it was the temp where I had most success in terms of growth and colouration.

[inwear]

Hey fellas, how many of you keep before nano tanks in your bed room? with aircon at night. i have a small beta tank in my bedroom which temperature is probably 22 - 24C.. and will not go above 27C during day time.. thinking of setting up a nano! with mainly LPS/Zoas.. was wondering will it be too cold?

not a problem. I hv a 2 feet tank with room aircon for the past 2 years. No issue

[inwear]

Temperature between 22 - 28 degree c

[spgohjc]

I would not direct the air con outlet on the tank or water surface. Can't under estimate it's cooling effects. Have seen one cooling a 4ft SPS tank without a chiller.

Already excited to see your new nano tank.

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[Evolutionz]

Thanks! The tank will be placed on my computer table under a shelf.. Definitely no direct air con blowing.

[ReDDeviLs]

base on discussion i remember many years back, the evaporation rate is high.

as for other areas, aircon spoils faster.

cant remember the reason why though, try searching it.

[VelvetAirwaves]

base on discussion i remember many years back, the evaporation rate is high.

as for other areas, aircon spoils faster.

cant remember the reason why though, try searching it.

Just wondering, why would the water evaporate faster? In my experience use fan vs aircon chill, the evap rate a lot less for air condition. But vs chiller is a different story.

[Evolutionz]

i have fears for high evaporation.. i used to keep a 34L nano chilled by fan, i had to top up 1.5L daily.. now i top up 1L daily for my 250L tank chilled by chiller.. i usually keep my door close so the aircon wont escape and i just measured my betta tank's water (same place its gonna be) and its 27C..

[VelvetAirwaves]

I dont think the evaporation rate would differ that much from chiller, but do update, it should be interesting.

[angmoh]

yes it will. hot air, including moisture will be removed. and that's explain why air-con room always very dry.

so naturally, the evaporation rate would be much higher.

[Evolutionz]

make sense! guess i just have to tolerate with the toping up again!

[angmoh]

cover the tank with the lid lor .. haha that will reduce the evaporation rate.

[AquaReefer]

Air-con will certainly increase the evaporation rate as there are less moisture in the air, but not as bad as blowing with a fan. It is best to keep the air-con temp higher so that the fluctuation in temp is not too high. Try 24-25 it's also more friendly to the enviornment. Looking forward to see your tank.

[Andre'A' Lim]

My tank is in an air con place and i always keep it at 25degree. Everything seems to be looking good and not much evaporation as well.

[Fukcable Fcuker]

I believe it's good for the tank , no need to buy chiller "D