Modified Hood Lighting

The tank hood came with a working single 50/50 PC light. I wanted to use my recently purchase Coralife 12" Dual 50/50 light though, but I also wanted to keep the hood. I decided to pull them both apart and cram the Coralife ballast, wires and lighting into the nano cube's hood. The results were satisfactory!

 

Fish

Critters

Corals

Tank Swap

Hood Light Mod

Equipment

Recent Updates

[05/17/2008] Observed tank still running non stable temps. I have the fans hooked up to the light timer so the temps stay at a steady 77* all day. Once the lights go off, the fans shut off and the temp raises to a steady 80*. While these are still acceptable temps, the 3ish degree swing may not be healthy for the fish or corals. It appears it takes longer than a few hours for the temps to change, so they may be ok. I will have to keep watching. I may leave one fan on all the time and the other hooked up to the timer with the light.

[05/09/2008] The tank was running hot, so I added a couple of 60mm fans to the fan holes that were built into the hood. Before hand the hood was nearly too hot to even touch, afterwards it's nearly room temp.

[05/09/2008] Spent the day monitoring tank, rearranging rocks and corals and tweaking rear chambers, lighting and wiring.

[05/10/2008] Replaced lighting with existing lighting on hand.