28G Nano Cube

Kerberj · Apr 16, 2013

Hey yall,
I'm a new member of the website. I recently purchased a 28 Gallon Nano cube. (This is my first saltwater tank ever). I love the tank, but Im curious if anyone has ever removed the lid completely and just installed a bar LED light or another form of light instead of the bulky lid. Any suggestions? Or comments. Thanks!

Jeremy

Tangwich · Apr 16, 2013

First, welcome to scr.

Second, I had a 28 nanocube years back and I removed the lid as it's better for cooling the tank. With the lid and the metal halides, I had to constantly run a chiller as my place back then got extremely hot.

reefes pieces · Apr 16, 2013

Welcome to SCR. Shouldn't be a problem to run w/o a lid. In fact like Tangwich said, will help keep the tank cooler and help promote gas exchange. The drawback though is topping off the tank with RODI more often due to evaporation and jump happy fish may do a dirt dive. easy problems to have though and fix! Post some pics! Lets see the tank

Kerberj · Apr 16, 2013

Thanks for the advice guys! Any suggestions for a LED bar or light fixture?

Tangwich · Apr 16, 2013

good call reefes....

Kerberj, if you go lidless/topless, you might want to consider this

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/tunze-osmolator-nano-3152-auto-top-off.html

and this

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/sumps-tanks-refugiums/diy-screen-tops.html

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