To chill or not to chill... a nano!

[MikeyZO]

I know Bangooface just brought up something similar in regards to his 76 bow... but anyway....

I've been toying with the idea of starting a second mini reef tank in the form of a 12 gallon nanocube. First off, I'm contemplating either Current's 12g Aquapod with PCs or 12g Aquapod with 70w HQI. Was wondering if anyone had any experience (good or bad) with either of these, and if anyone thinks that any of the other nano tanks out there (Oceanic Biocube, JBJ Nanocube, Aquamedic Nanowave, etc) would be better, and why.

Also, is it a common practice that a chiller is needed for these tanks since it's such a small water volume? If a house has central air conditioning, a room air conditioner, ceiling fan, etc. will that suffice to keep the temp where it's supposed to be? I'm trying to lean more towards the HQI tank, but if thats going to run to hot then I can do PCs (and save money). I would really like to try to do this without a chiller if I can. Thanks for the input.

 

[Solace Aquatics LLC]

Although it is a small water volume, it will heat up rather fast! And since they have tops, there is very little room for evaporative cooling.

IMO, to be 100% safe, I would recommend a a 1/15HP chiller or a thermoelectric heater/chiller combo.

Better safe than sorry..

Reef Octopus also makes a Nano now, I have not seen it in person, but its specs look pretty nice.

Also, how about the new Current USA Solana?

 

[MikeyZO]

Well, I cant find the Reef Octo nano anywhere online. And the Solana is too big. I already have a 36 bow running. I wanted another small one that would be a little less maintenance and easier to care for.

 

[daaznmofo]

current prime chiller 1/15