Fishoholic's 2012 nano contest entry

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by ALang

Hmmm...interesting...always wondered how people heat these tiny tanks.
Good thing you tried it without any livestock in first!

Yes thankfully. Checked the tank just before I left for work and it's at 77 which is good for now but when it gets colder out the temp in that room drops I'm guessing I'll need a heater.

[nanoreefnewbie]

Nice tank bud should be a great build I'm liking it plans either which one I'll be following this build

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by reefwars

not sure if its an option or even possible lol but can you put your heater on a timer or something similiar so it only runs for a few minutes at a time??


im going heaterless and chose to put my tank next to the furnace vent, so far so good no temp drops:P

I'd rather find a heater that doesn't over heat the tank instead of messing around with timers. The temp is at 76-77 without a heater right now, but come winter I keep the house cold at night (I turn the furnace down to 15 so I don't hear it running all night) and coolish during the day (18-19) so I'm thinking I'll need a heater once it gets colder.

Originally Posted by riceboy

lol isn't this the same tank doug was going to plumb into his 110 before lol

Yes it is, but he never did plumb it in and now I stole it

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by nanoreefnewbie

Nice tank bud should be a great build I'm liking it plans either which one I'll be following this build

Thanks

I went "shopping" for rock yesterday and found a really cool shaped piece from my 230g reef tank. Unfortunately I discovered that the rock that seemed small (at least it did in my 230g) basically barely fit into the 2.5g oops! So then I looked for a smaller piece and found a cool flat long piece. Realized I needed a few more small pieces of LR but had a hard time finding anything small enough in my 230g reef. So Doug said I could go "shopping" in his sump (must say he has some really nice rock in there!) and after a few tries this is the end result

It was a bit cloudy from having just put the rock in but you get the idea, also you can see what the EcoPico led light looks like. I plan on adding two more led light strips to it and a dimmer, which Grizz had graciously offered to pick up and deliver for me

[Boxboy]

Good job on this little tank, its going to be nice!

[nanoreefnewbie]

Yeah I always wounded why they need heaters..urban very lucky lol

[nanoreefnewbie]

Oh and very nice pics