Fishoholic's 2012 nano contest entry

[Nano]

I bought the same heater for my old planted Betta nano. It blew up :P but worked well before hand

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Nano

I bought the same heater for my old planted Betts nano. It blew up :P but worked well before hand

I purposely avoided marineland stealth 10W heater for that reason, why/how did the odd flat hydor heater blow? Thinking maybe I should take it back

[Nano]

Not to sure I only had it for maybe 2 months? The guy at big als told Mr to bury it under the substrate, could've been part of it, I think it couldve over heated there easily. I don't generally listen to those guys anymore :P
It will be perfect for the back chamber though, I bet it fits just perfect

[fishoholic]

Also kinda cool I got the skimmer working

skimmer in tank


skimate collection bucket


observed skimmer actually working this morning!!!

[JDigital]

I think my tank at the office evaporates more water in a 14 hour period than this tank can hold..

Looking good so far, Laurie.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Nano

Not to sure I only had it for maybe 2 months? The guy at big als told Mr to bury it under the substrate, could've been part of it, I think it couldve over heated there easily. I don't generally listen to those guys anymore :P
It will be perfect for the back chamber though, I bet it fits just perfect

The packaging it came in said you could bury it under "gravel" maybe sand substrate holds the heat in more? Maybe that made it blow? I do have it in the back chamber of the ibox and it does fit perfectly.....now as long as it doesn't blow it'll be all good

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by JDigital

I think my tank at the office evaporates more water in a 14 hour period than this tank can hold..

Looking good so far, Laurie.

I bet you're right! and thanks On the plus side one red solo cup is the perfect size for weekly water changes

[reefwars]

not sure if its an option or even possible lol but can you put your heater on a timer or something similiar so it only runs for a few minutes at a time??


im going heaterless and chose to put my tank next to the furnace vent, so far so good no temp drops:P

[riceboy]

lol isn't this the same tank doug was going to plumb into his 180 before lol

[reefwars]

a post has been made in all the contest forumns regarding contest rules via the timeline, everyone should read this post as there seems to be some confusion.