I need help chilling a 14G Biocube

[VoodooMach]

Mr Cob.. turn up the intank heater setting for night time lol...

on a side note... I keep my tanks between 80-82F.. things grow faster too...

[runamukus]

80 is fine! When my 14 biocube gets too hot, I open the lid and turn the ceiling fan on and that'll drop the temp to as low as 78. But I aim to keep it from 78 to 80. 69 is cold.

[kkralicek]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I want to get a little Linkia and was told my temps are too high for them thats why I was asking about the cooling. Over the past few days my temps are avg 79-79.5 degrees. What do you guys think about creating an ambient air chiller with copper tubing and a cpu cooler (heatsink and fan) utilizing syphoning as the pass through instead of a pump?

[jroescher]

Linkias need large established tank to survive, if they survive for long at all.

Read up on copper in a reef tank. Not a good idea.

[FossilReef]

I run my tank at 82 degrees. I've been getting some awesome growth at this temp, too.

[Mr Cob]

Mr Cob.. turn up the intank heater setting for night time lol...

on a side note... I keep my tanks between 80-82F.. things grow faster too...

If I turn up the heater for the purpose of night time then the tank will go over 83/84 degrees when the MH come on because they are starting at a higher degree of water temp. "lol...."

[SoLiD]

Linkias need large established tank to survive, if they survive for long at all.

Read up on copper in a reef tank. Not a good idea.

He hit both nails right on the head.