best temp for marine fish..

[ah^siao]

wad is the best temp for marine? for reefs and corals..

my chillers manages to keep the temp at 26 thru out the day and lowers to 25 at night...

is this good enough?

'm using 2 150W MH, 1 FL(4 feet)[blue]

2x36W 10 000 (blue tudes)

my MH is on from 10 am to 9pm... the PLs and Fl is on thruout.. 24hours

[roidan]

think its quite ok....stable temperature is more important generally...

[ah^siao]

okok.. i'm only using cl280 for my marine tank...

due to budget constrains...

wanna use the rest of the budget to get better and nicer corals

[roidan]

as long as your chiller can bring it down to that temperature and since you are not paying the electricity bills..is good enough mah....

coz it may mean that the chiller turns on pretty often...but in your case...not your problem hor....

[ah^siao]

that's a resun brand.. the worst and the cheapest chiller aroud..

[ah^siao]

hmm.. yeah... that's y i can on my lights 24 hours.. hahaha...

electricity also not a prob...

only the purchasing of corals that's a prob.. hard to go to the lck side to get the nice corals.. xian 1/2

[ah^siao]

hmmm no budget go for the good ones liek titinium chillers.. teco chillers..

pacific cool also not bad...

got budget go for the cheapos lol.. resun cl280 cl450 or cl650.. or sunsun one.....

[ah^siao]

yours new tank ar?

4 feet by??

[NgaoCi]

hey what would be a good chiller for a 4 footer?

err...u asking about HP or brand?

[terryansimon]

apparently me and NgaoCi are the only Eido chiller users.

[ah^siao]

in most cases only the sunsun and resun chillers are noisy

[terryansimon]

the noise level is acceptable to me lah. compared to a Teco, its obviously noisy. I have half a mind on upgrading to a more quiet chiller, citing feedback from my mother that the drone drives her crazy.

[ah^siao]

initally the noise level is low.. but it'll start to become louder and louder

[blacknails]

Oh dear... I thought chillers were supposed to be silent cause it's submerged underwater...

Are there any chillers available for small small nano reefs like 5 gallon?

[DeepBlue]

bro...almost all chillers i know are outside the tank or sump

unless you dip popsicles into the tank

[NgaoCi]

if can be submerged , I wun hv to feel like I'm in a suana room whenever I'm sitting infront of my tank liao

[ah^siao]

hahhaa.. chillers in a tank sudmerge?

wad a joke.. hmmm nano tanks ar.. there's a guy selling his in the buy and sell forum.. can check it out there

[blacknails]

Oh wait... So ony heaters are submerged and not chillers ah? I thinking of setting up a nano tank soon and it's in my air con room so I think it'll get cold... Sorry guys...

[DeepBlue]

quite ok....because when you switch off your aircon...temp will fluctuate....must take that into consideration...

too often of that, you'll see your LS develop white spot

[riot]

my MH is on from 10 am to 9pm... the PLs and Fl is on thruout.. 24hours

Hi Ah Siao,

your FLs & PLs are switched on 24hrs? In the main tank?

Hmmm wont your corals & fish need any rest? Hows the life stock doing?

[ah^siao]

i was advise by this 'old bird'... hmmm yeah.... for your info.. my tank was seen by quite alot of 'old birds' and they give me all the pointers i can get....

[Dispar_Anthias]

hmm.. yeah... that's y i can on my lights 24 hours.. hahaha...

electricity also not a prob...

only the purchasing of corals that's a prob.. hard to go to the lck side to get the nice corals.. xian 1/2

24hrs!!!!

[Achilles Tang]

All living creatures need a few hours of sleep... even plants!

Your fishes will be extremely stressed if they can't get a period of rest on a daily basis if your lights are always on. Sleep deprivation is a form of torture used by some people... don't do that to your fishes!

[bwilly]

i was advise by this 'old bird'... hmmm yeah.... for your info.. my tank was seen by quite alot of 'old birds' and they give me all the pointers i can get....

all the old birds are from tropical fresh water line sibo..?

hehe..

[ah^siao]

no la... they are marine old birds... one of them is the boss of pacific marine... the retail shop boss of pacific marine for the accessories.. and a few others.. jon from topic marine also came...

yeah yeah....