Oceanic biocube 14...heating issues - Page 2

oilfieldsafety · #11 12-17-2007, 05:23 AM

I was chatting with a fellow biocube owner who had the same problem. He found that the one fan was reversed so that instead of one fan pushing and one pulling they were both pulling air in.

Rippin · #12 01-05-2008, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeknoPunk

Mine warms up fast too. I just keep the "feeding lid" open and it stays at a steady 80.

x2 - only downside is faster water evaporation, about a cup a day for me.

I just recently installed the 3.24 lighting mod which increases the output to 72w with no visible increase in heat (although the lighting mod comes with 2 replacement fans and a different heat shield). My BC14 runs at about 78 degrees at night and 80 degrees in the day. I'm using a Maxi-Jet 900 as the only powerhead in the aquarium. Temperature in the house is around 18 degrees celcius.

levi1803 · #13 05-02-2008, 04:27 AM

I have a biocube 14 as well, I keep the temp at 76 with the heater and the highest during the day that it has gotten with the lights on has been 78, I haven't done any mod's to it yet, I did switch the actinic bulb with the 10k (so the fans come on with the actinic) as I have the actinics coming on about an hour before the daylights bulb and they stay on about an hour after the daylight turns off as well. Maybe try setting the temp a bit lower on the heater? I only have a 50 watt heater in mine as well.

Rbacchiega · #14 06-26-2008, 10:20 PM

My Oceanic 14 is maintained at 80 with no heater and is a south facing room with alot of light. I have the stock pump as well as a powersweep in there and no problems so far....best of luck with the cube

spanky · #15 06-28-2008, 02:30 PM

I have a 28 nano hqi I had heating issues as well. I went to canadian tire and bought a small desktop fan and mounted it on the wall to blow into the back of the tank that is open and now im at a steady 76.5 degrees. I have it plugged into the power bar to come on only when the metal hallides are on. The fan was ten dollars and is very quite. Now im not stressed out lol. If your tank is open in the back like this one it should work great. if not you may want to turn the fans in the canopy around.

fishytime · #16 06-30-2008, 04:00 AM

Hi Kelly Check out this site www.nano-reef.com if you havnt already

sharuq1 · #17 06-30-2008, 05:54 AM

This thread is from last year guys, thx though, hehe. I don't worry about heat in the BC anymore, nothing in there really. We have AC in the bedroom, so if it is warm I just open the lid a bit. I did look into the nanotuners last yr but with all the expense of the nifty things they have there I was better off just going with a bigger tank, so I did.

I did the same thing with a fan as spanky there and have a fan on my 48g rigged to turn on when the 10k's go on-- works nicely. I saw some nice little tiny metal fans at wal-mart a bit ago. Think I might pick one up to run over the sump--when I get a sump.