New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

A friend of mine who needed a chiller, he used a mini refrigerator. He
drilled 2 holes in the side of the refrigerator, He used filter tubing,
rapping it around the freezer coil several times before the water returned
to his tank. If he needed the water colder, he would add more tubing around
the freezer coil. It was a hit or miss process until he got the proper
length for what he needed.
What I can not remember is if the tubing, on one end was hooked to his
filtration system or if he used some sort of power head to move the water.

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

Gill Passman wrote:
I couldn't get
the other star colony out of the tank as the female clownfish decided it
needed to be protected and kept biting me whenever I went near it.

I have a mated pair of tomato clowns now. I'm surprised by the size of
the female. I bet she'll bite as well. I'll need to be a little more
careful around them.

--Kurt

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

On Jun 12, 4:40 am, KurtG wrote:

I've been touching 83 in my display tank lately, and
have lowered my AC a degree to counter it.

--Kurt

What ambient temp do most of y'all keep your room(s)? I am on my
first reef and haven't started stocking yet. I keep my house at about
78 during the day and 75 at night. With halide lights, is this too
warm of an ambient room temp?

Thanks,
Dave in Simi

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

I have a fan on my reef tank to cool it. The ambient
room temp, depends on a lot of factors, but I have a
personal rule, that the aquarium temp is ok untill
it hits 86. If it hits 86, then the lights go out.
If the air conditioner is on, then the air temp is
kept at about 80.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Dave wrote on 6/13/2007 11:32 AM:
On Jun 12, 4:40 am, KurtG wrote:
I've been touching 83 in my display tank lately, and
have lowered my AC a degree to counter it.

--Kurt

What ambient temp do most of y'all keep your room(s)? I am on my
first reef and haven't started stocking yet. I keep my house at about
78 during the day and 75 at night. With halide lights, is this too
warm of an ambient room temp?

Thanks,
Dave in Simi

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

KurtG wrote:


I have a mated pair of tomato clowns now. I'm surprised by the size of
the female. I bet she'll bite as well. I'll need to be a little more
careful around them.

--Kurt

My female only tends to bite if I put my hand in one side of the tank.
She doesn't care about anywhere else. This appears to be their chosen
spawning spot - I've found the odd egg in the substrate but no serious
activity. I've only had them since November and they were young when I
got them. The funny thing is that when "in the mood" both male and
female will attack their reflections in the glass - worried me the first
time I saw it but it happens so often now I'm not bothered about it
anymore. Pezemol recommended a brilliant book about Clownfish (thanks) -
by Joyce D. Wilkerson - makes a good read even though I'm not quite
ready to attempt to raise fry

Gill

PS When she does nip it hurts so definitely not recommended

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:30:13 +0100, Gill Passman
wrote:

KurtG wrote:


I have a pair of gonads unlike Wayne. I'm surprised by the size of
the things. I bet they can swellup if fondledl. I'll need to be a little more
careful around them.

--Kurt

My female only tends to bite if I put myfingers in the wrong hole.
She doesn't care about anywhere else. This appears to be her chosen
spawning spot - I've found the odd egg in her coozie but no serious
activity. I've only had sex with her since November and she was young when I
go really horny. The funny thing is that when "in the mood" both male and
female will finger their selves - worried me the first
time I saw it but it happens so often now I'm not bothered about it
anymore. Pezemol recommended a brilliant book about Diaper Wearing and Period Sex (thanks) -
by Bloody Mary D. Wilkerson - makes a good read even though I'm not quite
ready to attempt to eat the carpet during that timey

Gill

PS When she does bite my nip it hurts so definitely not recommended.....and no chewing on the clitty either!
Bloody well hurts it does!



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

Wayne Sallee wrote:
I have a fan on my reef tank to cool it. The ambient room temp, depends
on a lot of factors, but I have a personal rule, that the aquarium temp
is ok untill it hits 86. If it hits 86, then the lights go out. If the
air conditioner is on, then the air temp is kept at about 80.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



My personal rule is that if the rooms where my tanks are get too hot for
me then they are too hot for the tanks. Before we got the aircon I used
to have to run airpumps and vent the tanks by leaving the tops open and
turning off the lights (these were the freshwater ones). Observation is
also important. If the fish/inverts, and as I've just learnt corals,
start showing signs of distress and there is no other factor in water
quality then it could be heat.

This is my first summer with the reef tanks so very much a learning
curve. But from FW experience clear signs of oxygen depletion are the
fish at the surface and heavy gilling and I can't think it would be any
different with the marine.

BTW cutting the lighting and venting the tank by leaving the lid about
1" ajar has meant that the Nano only hit 82F max today and the ambient
temperature was higher than yesterday.

Gill

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

Gill Passman wrote:
Pezemol recommended a brilliant book about Clownfish (thanks) -
by Joyce D. Wilkerson

Strange. It's the second time in a 24 hrs that somebody recommended
that book. I have it on my wish list now.

I'm going to attempt it when I get a chance. My clowns have snuggled
into their 100 gallon tank and seem happy. They slept on their anemone
last night and they are roaming the tank this morning.

I'll need to work on some food for them. So far, they have only eaten
flake.

--Kurt

New reef tank doing great - Nano struggling in the heat
 

Dave wrote:
What ambient temp do most of y'all keep your room(s)?

Because I use fans to cool the tank it depends on both ambient room temp
and humidity. With humidity in the 50's (%-wise) then the room temp is
around 77 degrees. I usually keep my house at 78 during the summer, but
I don't want the temp to climb much over 83 degrees.

I'm also away from home a lot, so the systems need to be automated. I
just invested in a 3400 watt standby generator which will keep the pumps
going for 24+ hrs (among other things).

--Kurt