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Summer is not here yet but the temperature of my 29 gal biocube went from 78.1 in the morning to 80.5 in the afternoon for the past 2 days. I have turned off the heater, prop up the lid about an inch so there is a gap for air flow across the water surface. I also removed the front lid. I suppose I can and will turn on the air conditioner soon, which should help. I definitely do not want to spend the bucks or have room for a chiller. So what are the ways that other nano-reefers do to keep their tank cool during the summer? Fans blowing across the surface? I need to keep the lid on for the lights. I can only add a 60mm computer fan where I removed the front lid.

Hi, back at it again with a biocube this time! I still have my jbj 20gal frag tank set up with a fresh change of sand, but recently saw a post about someone selling their full setup. So I bought it and for $75 I got a 29gal biocube and stand, live rock, hermit crab, clownfish, and all the fish stuff the previous owner used with the tank. The tank had been set up for 2 years and before that, by the same person, for 5 years (2011!). Previously, I moved my clownfish into a 14gal cube with a small skimmer and reactor for the carbon, but now it’s time to upgrade. Heres the stock list. Fish: 2x ocellaris clownfish 1x Pygmy angelfish (when I get him moved from the jbj tank.... more on that later) Inverts: 1x bta 1x fire shrimp 3x hermit crabs (zebra, blue leg, ?) various stomatellas, small ‘pest’ snails, ceriths, nerites Coral: various mushrooms Macro: a lot of red macro that is anchored to the rock that looks like Halymenia floridana Wish list: 1x starry blenny 1x watchman goby and pistol shrimp combo To do: - light and hood(?) - scraping that coralline off the front glass 😞 purple up..... - vermitid snail crack down - purchase icecap gyre 1k Not sure what to do with the light/ hood. Still thinking about it. FTS (06/25/2018):