tHEcONCH Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 I found the problem was the ambient room temperature as much as anything else - shifting big volumes of air over the entire surface of the glass seems to be a pretty effective way of cooling the tank down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 The tank is on hardwood floors and theres a ventilation system in the room (not A/C) and from the last 2 summers I've been there, inside is always cooler than outside. The main problem is the window next to the tank. I'll have a play round tonight with the PC fans and light timing. Maybe I will setup the QT and throw the BT in it until I can get the tank consistant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 If you set up the fans tonight you may be pleasantly surprised how much help they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 thats exactly what i bought from the shed for $3 , makes a good difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 my tank is hitting 27.5 I'll be setting up some fans too methinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I'll post some pics after I've butchered something Whats the usual lighting requirements for LPS & Softies? Would be much easier to take a light out for these fans to go in hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 not sure what the requirements are but i'm currently running 2 x t8s and 2 X T5 and everything seems good but i should be getting metal halides instead soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 What size T8's and T5's jsut outta interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puttputt Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 High tank temps for this time of year chaps, wait til Feb! :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I'll be setting up ducting to go directly outside my window over new years Figure a couple of meaty fans should do the trick, and will be dropping the lighting to about 8 hours / day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 High tank temps for this time of year chaps, wait til Feb! :-? Yea, that's what worries me :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 What size T8's and T5's jsut outta interest? 5ft tank, bulbs are 4ft long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Well its all go tonight. Damsel is as good as gold, fan install went well and works exceptionally well. Even possible to put the bulb back in that I removed, we'll see though. Even better is that I've witnessed my Blue Tang being cleaned by 1 of my cleaner shrimps, and my clowns have decided to host in my Torch Coral hahah! Few pics (Gotta tidy up wiring on fans, but nothing open til tomorrow now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 is the shrimp cleaning the other fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 nice photos tang and clown look happy :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 is the shrimp cleaning the other fish? None of the other fish go anywhere near them, so no not that i've seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 do all your fans blow down or up and down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 They're facing down, but theres also the backdraft from them so its extracting heat aswel. If I lift up the front section of the cover u can feel the air circulating Its working bloody well too. Tank was at 26.9 after all day with the lights off (its usually 27.8) and once I turned the fans on, it dropped to 26 within 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 well done its looks like i have got something to do over the weekend now i have got a few fannys lying around here somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 It'll be interesting to see how long it takes for the salt water to crap em out. I might have to look at creating a plug for each one so I can replace them easier lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 good idea i will do that when i do mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yep just 1 T5 to remove. Found lighting such a pain in a corner bowfront tank and spent so long finding a T5 bar to fit, and creating new cover panels to add a 3rd T5, but if its going to have enough light with the 2 T5's (i'm not planning SPS at all) then the health of the fish is more important than the extra bit of light. Why do you have the nano streams pointing up soo much?? no wonder you have cyno :-? what other flow do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 looks good matt, good to see the shrimp have got the idea do all your fans blow down or up and down mine also blow downwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 That pic was taken a number of weeks ago and i've changed it slightly now but they still point upwards Main reason for powerheads that way is to create surface aggitation to get the crap moving round and into the filterbox where iv'e got a filter wool setup collecting the crap along with the skimmer doing the rest. Theres also a 3rd powerhead coming out of the filterbox. The bowfront causes the current to mix quite violently, that and the cove setup makes it even worse and most of the corals don't like it. With them pointing up it still provides a nice current for them, but its not nasty like it could be. I wouldn't say my cyano is bad, not at all, but then again, its probably only early stages. In saying that tho, I had bugger all green hair algae. What algae I did have, my Yellow Tang took a liking to. Do you think I need to change 1 of the power head positions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 GahhhH!! So woke up this morning and my Blue Tang is COVERED in whitespot and is not happy (Wont leave its hiding rock). I dont think it'll make it through the day There must be something I've missed? I've fixed the temp fluxuations (Noted a 0.3 swing at most) I've kept stable salinity @ 1.025 I've fed well and included that seachem garlic product to the food (and witnessed the tang eating it) The cleaners have started cleaning (even if this doesn't do anything) Water Params are fine, No NH4, NO2 and 0.5 NO3 I haven't witnessed anything else that could be causing any stress Can anyone think of anything I've missed? Last night the Tang was out and happy, I thought I had beaten the whitespot but something has happened overnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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