Cooling a Nano to 74F

[pledosophy]

Hello,

I'm usually frequent the Seahorse forum here on RC and there are many keepers there who wish to keep seahorses in nanocubes or Aquapods. The problem with these tanks is the temps they run at and seahorses needing temps of 74F or below.

I was hoping with your help we could create a thread I could point them to on ways to cool a nano cube or aquapod to 74F, so they can keep there desired stock.

So anyone have any ideas? Anything you've done. Links to DIY stuff?

Thanks
Kevin

[newmoon]

If you want accuracy, your best bet would be a chiller/controller combo. A small dorm fridge mod could work, but it may be too big for your tastes. Fans and controller could work also, and would be cheaper, but you will evaporate a lot of water going this route, so you would need an automatic water top off to keep the salinity in check.

[Bri Guy]

Nano tanks have such thin glass pains, you could point some fans at the glass, and it would bring down the temp, without evaporating as much water.

But promoting evaporation, is like us sweating, it reduces the temp dramaticly, so an ATO would be the best item to get, then fans to help evaporate some of that water.

If it has a sealed lid, any way to open it up a bit would help alot too. Open top tanks stay cooler than one thats sealed off.

Good luck!

[Mark426]

From my experience with nanocubes, the best you can do without a chiller is 4 or 5 degees above room temp. This is due to the closed top, heat from the pumps and lights being so close to the water and this is with all the cooling mods I know of. So.... unless you keep your room very cold or go topless..... a chiller is required for a sub 74 degree tank.

[Crackerballer]

From everything I have read, if you are maybe only doing LR with the seahorses, you may be able to DIY a chiller. Otherwise, You are gonna need a great chiller and controller as already stated.

[pledosophy]

Any more ideas people? Keep them coming.