Recent content by viet658

I was surpised how much the temperature dropped just by opening the front part of the hood and blowing a 16" fan across the surface. The temps dropped by eight degrees. Now it is around 82 degrees. I will definitely try Steelhealr's suggestion of turning off non-critical pumps if the temps...

There is air conditioning but it would require that I turn it on for the whole house. I have a JBJ 24g and it has two fans in the hood. I will try to open the hood and use a bigger fan to blow across the surface of the water. How many degrees do you think a fan will help? Thanks for you help.

I was wondering how everyone here is keeping their nano's cool. I was considering buying a chiller but thought it might be overkill for a nano aquarium. I live in California and it is starting to get warm here. The aquarium temperature during the day is about 90 degrees. Is that too high...

I only have chemipure and the refuge in my filter system. I removed the sponges, ceramics, and bioballs. I will try gravel vaccing the substrate and the fuge to see if that helps. Is it okay to rinse the macro algae in fresh water or should I use aquarium water? Thanks

SH, thank you for your response. I just wanted say that it was your thread that got me started in the nano world, you have a great thread. Your exactly right about the yellow fiji being a good barometer, prior to all this happening my nitrates were always at 0 ppm or 10 pppm at the most. I...

I was wondering if anyone knew if this is normal for leathers and polyps. I have had my tank for almost 3 months. I noticed recently that the water smelled kind of fishy or like dead shellfish. I can't find any dead animals. I tested my parameters: salinity 1.023, pH 8.2, Ammonia 0 ppm...

SH, What do you feed your Banggai cardinalfish. Mine doesn't seem to want to eat.

SH, how is the Palm light working for you. After reading your thread, I went out and bought a 24g Nano also. I'm thinking of buying the Palm light and cutting the vinyl off.