Tunze Nano Osmolator
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Coelli
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I put one of these in last week; it's been so hot that I have to run a fan over the back chambers of my Biocube 29 to keep the temp down. Every time I hear that little pump whirr it's like the angels are singing. Not having to top off constantly has been more awesome than I can even say. It's VERY sensitive too. Since the back chambers have a much smaller water volume than the DT and I keep the water level a lot lower, it only runs 2-3 seconds at a time. Worth every penny.
Coelli
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It really depends on your ambient temp, equipment, lights... if I don't run the fan, it gets around 84-85 (or higher) at peak with the lights on. With the fan it'll stay in the 78's with an ambient room temp of 80. Does yours have a hood or is it open top? The hood is what keeps mine running hotter.
I'm actually picking up a used chiller this weekend so I can stop having to worry about it!I have a Innovative Marine 30g Rimless, so it's an open top. My tank stays around 74-76 regardless of the lighting. I bought the IM SKKYE Light. Its only 30 Watts but the lights housing has its own fans to cool the LED's as well. I just really want to avoid having to buy an fan and install when its too late and the water is too hot.
Coelli
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If you're open top, you probably won't have as many issues, but you might want to pick up a cheap clip-on fan and keep it handy just in case. Doesn't have to be a big one, just something that can move air across the water. If you don't already have any issues though you probably won't anyway.
Coelli
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Yeah, I totally hear you, my wallet is screaming from all the setup costs even though I got some really good deals on some stuff.
If you do need a fan, any old clip on fan will work and you can find them cheap everywhere. Mine's just a little 6" job from Target that I prop on one side of the hood.Do you think I could see a picture of your setup?
Since we are fellow nanocube enthusiast with about the same size tank; I wanted to ask you if you added any additional wave making nanostreams? I was thinking of a Tunze Nanostream 6020, waiting for the nanostream 6040 to come out because it has a controller, But im curious where it would be best to stick something like this.
Since we are fellow nanocube enthusiast with about the same size tank; I wanted to ask you if you added any additional wave making nanostreams? I was thinking of a Tunze Nanostream 6020, waiting for the nanostream 6040 to come out because it has a controller, But im curious where it would be best to stick something like this.
Coelli
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Honestly my tank is in a dark corner, so photos don't really show up even with flash but I can tell you what's in it.
In the display (besides 30# live rock, 5# dead rock, 10# dead sand):
Hydor rotating deflector head on the return
JBJ Oceanstream 500 Wavemaker - one pump on each side set for 6 minutes each. I'll be replacing these with Jebao WP10s and hooking them up the Apex eventually
Koralia 425 on the back wall, pointing mostly to the surface for surface agitation - I may ditch the rotating head on the return and just get a duckbill pointed to the surface and remove the Koralia once I get the WP10s
A "ghetto fuge" - it's an acrylic soap dish holder with chaeto, at the top where the return hits it
Apex temp probe zip-tied to the upper intake grill
In the back:
Chamber 1: AquaticLife 115 skimmer
Chamber 2: InTank media basket with floss on top (changed out very frequently, just for detritus), Purigen in the middle, Chemi-pure Elite and an extra bag of GFO in the bottom. I hope to cut back on the chemical filtration as the tank ages.
InTank Fuge basket with chaeto and 10w submersible halogen on a timer that comes on when the main lights are off for the night
Chamber 3: Cobalt Aquatics MJ1200 return pump, ViaAqua 100w heater, Apex PH probe, Tunze Nano ATO sensor and feed - there's a lot packed in there
The tank is still very new and has a fairly low bioload with 10 snails, a nimble spray crab, a yellow watchman goby, an MIA pistol shrimp (I know he's in there somewhere!!), and a bunch of feather dusters. Parameters are pretty good but I'm working on reducing nitrates (5-10ppm) and phosphate (was .14 the day after I set up the tank, will test again this week and see where we're at now after time and GFO).
