New 24g Aquapod Starting Up

rj, by any chance, how are you dealing with the water temp,, i noticed that the hood gives off a lot of heat,, so i dropped my heater to 71* because the temp got up to around 80-81,, are getting that also,, thanks
 
My Aquapod runs at around 82 it looks like, and down to 80 at night. I have the extra MJ900 in my little tank, which I am sure throws off a little heat... something I didn't think about, but everyone seems to be doing fine.
 
Hey RJ,

I too am having some heat issues. Mine got to 84* today Yikes!!
I took my heater out. I may have to do something to help keep it cooler...humm

Also I am getting a little diatom algae bloom right now. Are you still having some? How long will this last?
 
I have my heater turned down to like 77, so it will only really kick on at night time and not let it get to cold at night. If the heater is not on, then it is not causing a heat issue because it is not running.

I had the diatom algae for about 4 days I am thinking, it is a lot better now. I will post some new pictures tomorrow.

I just looked and the tank is still 83 degrees, so I am thinking a lot of the heat is coming from the two pumps running. My tank get's at 84 or 85 during the day when the lights are on and everything is doing fine.

I don't think 84 is horrible, there are a few people at RC that run there tanks in the 82 to 84 degree range which makes for active creatures for sure. The warmer it is, the more active they become, but it also means that if something bad happens, it happens quicker as well.

I run my 90g at 80 degrees at night and when the MH kick on it get's 82 during the day.
 
Here are a couple of pics from today :)

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This one is cool :)

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So you think just keep the heater in and not to worry. If it needs to come on then it will be in there.
 
Things look very healthy for you, I am not worrying about the heat and will just deal with it if it starts to possibly cause problems. You could check in the early morning and see what the heat is before the lights come on, my guess is that your tank will not be less than 80 degrees in which case there is not a need for a heater.

We had our house furnace starter die one time and the house got down to 60 before the heater guy came and thank goodness I had a heater in my tank. The tank only got down to 78 degrees, which was a good thing I am thinking, imagine how cold it could have gotten.
 
What I meant to say, was you were telling me to leave the heater in there. Then if the temp starts to drop below 78* it will be in there and keep it from getting to cold. It would be safer for me to do it this way. :)
Right?
 
I am thinking yes on that one, you could just leave it out tonight and see what the temp is in the morning just to get a feel if there is any heat transfer from the lighting or if it is pretty much from the pumps.
 
My House is 74 degrees pretty much all the time in the colder parts of the winter, I am going to check my tanks temp in the early morning just to see if it goes down more as the night/early morning cools the tank down possibly with the lights off.
 
Good morning everyone!!! Mary, your tank looks fabulous!!!! It's hard to believe as gorgeous as all our tanks are, none of them are older than a month!!!!


My tank hits a high of 77.8 during the day, and at night, before I bought the heater it would hit 74. Now it's just 77 all the time. I think it's good because come summer, I'll need it cooler, I don't want to buy a chiller.
 
My tank got down to 82 last night maybe 81, probably because ours have closed tops Mary, they stay warmer than Amanda's. I think Amanda also has a fan, but I am not sure on that.

Here is a couple pictures from this morning, I will have to take some when the sun is not shining in. I moved a brain from the 90g over here, and it is puffing out and seems happier in the little Nano.

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Nice tank ad all. but honestly you need to take the eel out of that tank. It already looks like it is getting cramped and seeing as how they grow 30+ inches and as thick as baseballs. I dont mean to flame.
 
what up everyone,,, about the heat again.. i checked in the morning and it was at 79,, at night when i got home it was at 82,, it has been like that since i had it runnin.. everyone is doing good, before i transferred everyone from my old tank, the temp was at around 71-74*, seems like everyone adapted well, so i m not seeing any bad changes,, i hope none well come, but you never know... have fun everyone!!!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6824494#post6824494 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by syndrome
Nice tank ad all. but honestly you need to take the eel out of that tank. It already looks like it is getting cramped and seeing as how they grow 30+ inches and as thick as baseballs. I dont mean to flame.
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I got this tank specifically for the Eel, who was in my 90g. He will only get about 20 to 24 inches, which require a 30g tank typically and the 24g is pretty close to a 30g.

The Bio-Load is good doing one 5g water change a week. The fish I have in there are a low bio-load, so the Eel is the main bio-load. I am feeding him a lot lighter in here than I did in the 90g, where I was afraid if I didn't feed him enough he would maybe eat some of my fish.

It is almost feeding time right now and you can see he is a little restless and getting ready to munch down some shrimp.

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I should just take the right side of my 90g here and put together an Oceanic 30g with one 175w MH, this would make an awesome little nano. It would not be as nice as Amanda's at a month old, but it would still be sweet.

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The SFE will eventually grow 30+ inches it is a fact and I have seen it in real life. 75 Gallons is the smallest i would keep one in. If you dont believe me go to Grimreefers.com and tell them what tpe of tank your SFE is in. Im not trying to flame you its just i would hate to see an eel in a 24 gallon tank.
 
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