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Old 02-12-2003, 03:46 PM
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Andrew,

The Azoo set ups are only 4" deep. Thats 3" of heater sticking out of the water if you don't have any kind of sand bed in it.

Good idea but I already tried it. Looks goofy but if nothing else works I think I'll have to bite the bullet and do it anyway.

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Old 02-12-2003, 11:33 PM
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Andrew,

The Azoo set ups are only 4" deep. Thats 3" of heater sticking out of the water if you don't have any kind of sand bed in it.

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how wide are they? and if they are only 4" deep why would you buy it.. once you put the sand bed in you are done

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Andrew,

The Azoo set ups are only 4" deep. Thats 3" of heater sticking out of the water if you don't have any kind of sand bed in it.

Good idea but I already tried it. Looks goofy but if nothing else works I think I'll have to bite the bullet and do it anyway.

Christy
You must be able to have it sit diagonally across the back of the little tank? A heater doesn't have to be completely vertical ya know! :P I would have to think that if you have 4" of depth to work with, you've gotta have at least 6" of width. That gives you more than enough diagonal area to work with.

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I think they are 4"x 4"x 4".... they are tiny about a quarter of a gallon... Christy get someone to make you an over flow for it and then put your heater in a sump.. ... I think I already cracked this joke.. didn't I?... lol
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haha, actually they are 6x6x6

I got the little heater from mops. Maxed out at 29 degrees, a bit warm so I put an ikea dimmer cord on it, set it at half and its at 26 now. Now I am just dealing with red slime algae. Fun stuff
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Christy get someone to make you an over flow for it and then put your heater in a sump.. ...
I highly recommend a 180g sump.

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Old 03-12-2003, 07:55 PM
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180 gallon would work yes, but see the above link there is a 900 gallon tank for sale... much more stable in my opinion.
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ah yes. You're right. I guess I was thinking 180g minimum. I've heard that those nano's are bioload hogs.

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... can you imagine the cost of filling a 900 gallon tank with live rock?... Even base rock... wow, $$$$$
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