On more than one occasion I left the twin fans at the back of the tank unplugged and was horrified at the amount of evaporation that collected on the lid. IMO I would never leave them off again regardless of wether a chiller is needed or or not
Ive got a friend of mine who is an electronics wizard having a look at designing an LED conversion for the Max250 as there doesn't appear to be anything available in the UK. i will keep everyone posted on the progress
Can't say I've had any problems. I ran the stock pump for two years before I changed it for a more powerful external unit when I added a chiller. Hope you get sorted soon
Bad news on the Flame Angel. I have a Coral Beauty which isn't too happy at the moment. He's been in the tank over a year but seems very stressed since I added an Algae Blenny. The Coral Beauty has been hiding at the rear of the tank and I can't get near him.
I remember sitting watching my first tank in the dark. Amazed at all the macro life that comes out at night. My favourite dives are at night, its a whole different world down there in the dark
Saw an RSM250 in a LFS today, fully stocked and looking good. Interestingly it had an Aquabeam 600 ultima LED unit fitted. The fixing lugs are a perfect size to suit two of the flourescent tube cover lugs and the power lead ran straight out of the accessory hole. I asked wether it was too...
What type of algae is it? Cyanobacteria can be syphoned off, I did this on a daily basis which also acted as a partial water change. How much are you feeding, you don't have a lot of fish stock so a lot of feeding isn't required. Make sure your skimmer is working well and keep up the water...
I agree, and with your nitrates at zero there are very few dissolved organics in the water column.. I try to keep my nitrates under 4ppm but never as low as zero