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Thanks, and yes in the near future, any recommendations?It looks like you are off to a great start! Is an ATO in your near term plans?
Cant go wrong with Tunze but yeah i was actually looking at the "auto aqua smart ato lite" on amazon, either way i appreciate the input.It is hard to beat the quality of the Tunze (but the price is a bit higher). I have two of the AutoAqua which is reasonable (but now discontinued) and a DIY ATO. I recently added an IceCap for a new nano setup and have been pleased with the blend of solid performance and moderate price.
True for the most part but I have a little problem with high temps when my lights are on so I keep the feeder lid open and the back plate off which lets some evaporation but not bad.I don’t think you need an ato on this tank if you keep the lid on. Basically zero evaporation.
I have a heating issue too on hotter days. I only have the stock light too. i ended up taking off the back access panel and put two computer fans on there connected to the Inkbird cooling plug which seems to help. I really want to grow some LPS but I think I either need the second light which is going to make them temps go up more or I thought about removing the lid and putting AI Prime lights? Are you going to try to grow coral? Can you post a pic of how you have installed the Tunze 9001 protein skimmer?True for the most part but I have a little problem with high temps when my lights are on so I keep the feeder lid open and the back plate off which lets some evaporation but not bad
Do you have any corals?I have the same tank. I also added a second light. I did replace the return pump with a mighty jet 328 and got rid of the sponge filter and went with intank media holders. The highest mine gets is 79.80 degrees. I also run both lights wit 100% on blue, purple , cyan. 0% for red and 15% white. Hope this helps.
This is how I have my skimmer installedI have a heating issue too on hotter days. I only have the stock light too. i ended up taking off the back access panel and put two computer fans on there connected to the Inkbird cooling plug which seems to help. I really want to grow some LPS but I think I either need the second light which is going to make them temps go up more or I thought about removing the lid and putting AI Prime lights? Are you going to try to grow coral? Can you post a pic of how you have installed the Tunze 9001 protein skimmer?
Yes i have coral as well. Stock single light, Zoas i put in a month ago just produced another polyp, candycane coral was only put in 2 weeks ago so i can't say much for growth but it is happy. Cyphastrea was put in also 2 weeks ago i wanna say i see some more of the plug it was on is encrusted but then again its only been 2 weeks so time will tell.This is how I have my skimmer installed
I just added that 1 fan, keeps my temps where i want it. I need to keep track of evaporation but i'm guessing i'm somewhere around the same as you.It looks like you added fans to the back, did you do 1 or 2? Since I added 2, I noticed I have about 1/2 gallon of evaporation a week now. I did a whole write up of how to do it since people are always asking about how to control the temps better.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/fluval-flex-32-5-heat-issues.819646/
How are the corals doing?Yes i have coral as well. Stock single light, Zoas i put in a month ago just produced another polyp, candycane coral was only put in 2 weeks ago so i can't say much for growth but it is happy. Cyphastrea was put in also 2 weeks ago i wanna say i see some more of the plug it was on is encrusted but then again its only been 2 weeks so time will tell.