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MarkoD 03-12-2011 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve (Post 597964)
Ya, that's the plan... problem is I can't find a piece of rubble in my tank that's small enough to fit!

Anyone have any ideas on what I could use as a heater?

a light? or something underneath?

paddyob 03-12-2011 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve (Post 597672)
I thought about that too. Wouldn't even need a light! Any other little nems I could put in there that, you know, don't look like death like an aptasia does?

Majano is nicer ha ha ha ha ha!

paddyob 03-12-2011 01:58 PM

Thinking of shrimp.... as inverts can be sensitive... does anyone think that a tiny tank might not work for him?


Try find someone with clown fish fry or something extra small.

reefwars 03-12-2011 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve (Post 597964)
Ya, that's the plan... problem is I can't find a piece of rubble in my tank that's small enough to fit!

Anyone have any ideas on what I could use as a heater?

what if you made a little mini stand then used a regular light bulb under neathe to keep it warm???


***** edit...damn marjko beat me to it lol******

ScubaSteve 03-12-2011 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by paddyob (Post 597975)
Majano is nicer ha ha ha ha ha!

I've got a couple of those I could donate to the cause:twised:. Problem is, I wouldn't care what happened to the tank "Honey, why is your tiny tank in the freezer?"

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Originally Posted by paddyob (Post 597976)
Thinking of shrimp.... as inverts can be sensitive... does anyone think that a tiny tank might not work for him?

Try find someone with clown fish fry or something extra small.

I'm gonna try a shallow water/tidepool zoa first, something that can stand being in warm, relatively stagnant water. That'll be challenge enough. A fry of some sort would be interesting.

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Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 598005)
what if you made a little mini stand then used a regular light bulb under neathe to keep it warm???

Like EasyBake Aquarium! I thought about that as well. Only thing that makes me hesitate about that is that I'd have to keep the bulb on 24/7 (fire hazard?) and in a tank with very little water flow the water in the sand would probably get really hot and kill off anything in the sand and create an ammonia spike.

Some things I've thought about:

-Use the real tank as a sump
-Make a mini water pump with a miniature sump where I could have a heater of some sort
-Use a small resistor as a heating element (may be best option? Would have to figure out the math to see what size would be best)

***** edit...damn marjko beat me to it lol******


CandyCane 03-13-2011 05:44 AM

maybe some kind of very small heat coils that could heat the tank from underneith or in the tiny sump


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