Clip-on Fan

[Pufferpunk]

Any seen these lately? Seems to be a seasonal item & my tank's running at 84 degrees during the day. I thought T5s weren't supposed to be hot? Had the canopy & cabinet doors open all night & it went down to 82.

 

[acsi]

I found one in a dollar store last year. Also Ace hdware had hem at the end of the season.

 

[mickey57]

http://www.12voltaccessoryoutlet.com/Catalog/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=61&idproduct=774
....I bought My two from Walmart for $12ea. last Year.....though.
.......Mickey

 

[JRaquatics]

Menards has an awsome one that is vertical and works great. It was also on clearence.

 

[BlackHawk77]

Re: Clip-on Fan

Wow that is a lot of heat, are you sure the thermometer isnt off? I was recently looking for fans myself, the menards by me didnt have them. Let me know if you find some.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8551547#post8551547 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
Any seen these lately? Seems to be a seasonal item & my tank's running at 84 degrees during the day. I thought T5s weren't supposed to be hot? Had the canopy & cabinet doors open all night & it went down to 82.

 

[newnano]

i like these http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1

they are quiet!!! and clip on and swivel. i had one over the water surface and one pointing down into the sump. works great

 

[jcar1]

My friend just installed MH and his heat went up also. We searched everywhere with no luck. He went to a computer store and purchased a pretty large PC fan that works well, the only thing is you have to buy a power supply and wire it yourself. The whole thing cost like $25. Just thought I would pass it along.

 

[Pufferpunk]

Just came back from the "Big Fan Hunt". None to be found--seasonal item. JR, When was it you saw them at Menards?

 

[Bebo77]

first off you need to find out why your tank is running so hot.. if a tank runs above 80 without fans in the winter time you will be in in real danger during the summer should a chiller fail.

 

[Pufferpunk]

I purposely did not want MHs & went w/T5s instead, because I was told they were cooler even than PCs. I have 6 of them in a canopy w/o a fan. I will be installing a fan soon, but can't as long as the acclimation screening is on there.

 

[prugs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8555653#post8555653 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pufferpunk
I will be installing a fan soon, but can't as long as the acclimation screening is on there.

What is acclimation screening?

 

[Pufferpunk]

I have moved my corals from under 11 month old PC bulbs to much stronger brand new T5 bulbs. This would cause them to shock & bleach, if I didn't put 2 layers of nylon screening over the bulbs. After a week, I will pull one back & after another week, the bulbs can be at full power over the tank. Some of the corals have still responded badly & it may be too late to save them. I'm pretty sure I've lost my blue candycane but the green is happier in the shade now.

 

[JRaquatics]

I picked it up 2 weeks ago and the Schereville, Indiana store on RT41 and 30.