My .094 (11.83 oz) pico reef

I'll bet that light provides all the heat (if not more) than you need to keep it warm in the winter. I guess night will be a problem though.

Here's a wacky thought - if the light heats it enough during the day, at night you could put a box over the tank and inside the box, put something that generates heat, like a wall wart or cable-TV amplifier or something. Then you'll have a little "room" with it's own little radiator keeping the tank warm.

BTW, cool experiment. You need to update your signature to say "371.094 gallons SW reef".
 
Or you could go with one of those flat heaters they use for reptiles. Just sit the tank on top of it, should heat it nicely.

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I was thinking about what fish you could put in there, and the only thing I could think of, that would fit in a tank that small is, if you aclimated a couple of guppies to salt water, that would be pretty cool, and they are small. I did a couple in my nano, it only took a week. My hawkfish ended up eating them though.
 
Stick with cooler water species of coral & inverts & you should be fine.

Also, for a tank that small, LED lighting is deffinately an alternative.
 
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