Fishoholic's 2012 nano contest entry

[Nano]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

The packaging it came in said you could bury it under "gravel" maybe sand substrate holds the heat in more? Maybe that made it blow? I do have it in the back chamber of the ibox and it does fit perfectly.....now as long as it doesn't blow it'll be all good

Possibly as my planted tanks always had gravel, the sand then planting substrate, so its probably a good insulation :P I think youll be just fine

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Nano

Possibly as my planted tanks always had gravel, the sand then planting substrate, so its probably a good insulation :P I think youll be just fine

Sadly I just checked the temp on the tank and it went from 76 (before the heater was plugged in) to 84 within a few hours of it being plugged in. Guess it's to powerful for my little tank, thankfully there's just water, sand and rock in it right now.

Aquascape pic's will come later

[Nano]

Well you might have to bite the bullet and get a small adjustable heater

[Enigma]

I was able to squeeze this one into the return compartment of my 2G Fluval Spec:
http://ca-en.hagen.com/Aquatic/Heating/Heaters/A756

It worked well. I'm not sure if you could squeeze it in beside your skimmer, but it might be worth a shot.