jburke30 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Hey All, Over the weekend I setup a 2.5g nano to house a mushroom frag that was in danger of being eaten by my peperment shrimp. I find it funny that I would spend 30 bucks to save a $5.00 frag, but I've become quite attached to the little guy =). The tank is a standard all glass 2.5 gallon (from petsmart), and for filtration I'm using an AquaClear-Mini w/100 micron mesh, carbon, and sponge media. I still havn't figured out the lighting (temporarly using one of the lights off my main tank), but I'm looking for one of those bookworm lights (can't seem to find them in my area though). Anyway, the big problem right now is heating, and I wanted to know if anyone out there has had good success with a particular heater in a tank this small? The main problem that I'm running into is that I want the heater to fit vertically in the tank, and most that I have seen are to long to do this in the 6-7 inches that I have to work with. I have a top-fin 50w might work, but it's a pain because the dial doesn't have any numbers on it. Is there a better one out there that will work? Thanks for any info. Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 tetra tek mini heater, place it in the filter. if need be make a small plastic cage for it so it doesn't over heat and melt the filter (highly unlikely) when using such smallones. lighting, 27 W55k PC and a 9 W actinic PC. CSL makes a retrokit. works awesome. Link to comment
jburke30 Posted February 24, 2003 Author Share Posted February 24, 2003 Hey Dave, Thanks for the info. I didn't see that particular heater when I did my google search, but I didn't really know what to look for. Thanks again. Link to comment
cjm033 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 i use a 50 watt heater on my 2.5 and 2 13 watt pcs for lighting,Chris Link to comment
lizbeth Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 There are a few makers of 50 watt 6" heater, Hagen and Visi therm come to mind. Build a little hood and get a shop light from wall mart. See if you can find one with a 6500K bulb. Aggies retro http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...=&threadid=9116 Link to comment
edying Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 On my 2.5, I have a mini-thermal compact heater http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod...d=6&pCatId=3925 Fits along the length horizontally - the 6" is still too long to go vertical. For lights, 13W PC 50/50 - fixture from Walmart (hacked desklamp - do a search), bulb from ahsupply.com. -Ed Link to comment
tinyreef Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 brandon429 has a thread on reefs.org's nano forum about this. one suggestion posed was a cord heater used by fishermen(?) that seemed very applicable except for its considerable price tag (around $40~$50, i believe). if you keep the room around an appropriate temp (70F~78F) the nano usually stays a few degrees warmer irregardless ime, that's w/o any addt'l cooling/heating tho. Link to comment
OscarBeast Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 My cheap ass Wal-Mart brand heater that is pre-set seems to work in mine. Link to comment
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