JBJ 12 gallon Nano cube questions

[craigwmiller]

On my JBJ12 microbubbles was either low water level, or one time the hose from the pump up to the outlet had a small crack in it where air was sucked in by the passing water.

[Beano1169]

awesome tahnks for the advice perhaps my hose is cracked at the moment. May I ask if you run a skimmer and if so where is it located? which camber if that is it sits in the back

[craigwmiller]

Yep skimmer -- the Oceanic one, works great for this tank (much better than it does in the oceanic BC 14 )

All in the photo:

Chamber 1: heater, bag of GFO, bag of Carbon
Chamber 2: skimmer
Chamber 3: chaeto (on a "tray" sitting on top of the pump)
Output: Hydor FLO rotating deflector

Water level in the back kept at the chamber 2->3 overflow level -- which is good for the chaeto and seems ideal for the skimmer... skimmer makes very thick buildup, not much liquid, which is ideal for such a small system.

[Beano1169]

Thanks that helped alot I tried it in C1 but its a bugger to deal with. I am doing my weekly change out tuesday, so I will swap er then haha.
I do have a question for anyone out there who uses Chillers on nano tanks, my tank at night sits at about 79.2 F recently I have discovered, that with the warmer weather if I do not take percautions to close my room door, the tank may get as high as 85.6 F. Im a little worried about this and would like to know the best solution to correct it, I am planning on an LED upgrade with stunnerpros from Modular but until then I need a solution.
Thanks for the help everyone, and hope to hear some responses soon.

[Xadieu]

If you are prepared to spend few hundreds on chiller then go for it, imo it's not worth it for nano tanks. Once you upgrade to LEDs it will help a bit with the temp. I would just move your tank or something.

[Beano1169]

Hey all, update on the tank staus. It has been going swimmingly hahaha but i have list a few corals along the way. Most recently a torch coral. The real reason I'm posting is I need help adding in a new fish to the tank. I have 3 sexy shrimp 2 females 1 male and the male ia quite small. I am concerned about what fish to add that would get along with thr sexy shrimp and the single firefish. In the tank. Please let me know.

[Beano1169]

I have a question. what is the best way to plot out a good colour scheme for my coral layout and also, how would I add extra sand/crushedcoral (if sand is too light with my pumps) and possibly attempt to rescape a bit more? suggestions very appreciated.