Hello everyone!

Man, you guys are AWESOME! Good tips for cooling the tank.

Lets get back to the hermit crab-he didn't have a shell when he came home. He was apparently attached to a piece of LR I bought. I called the LFS and they said not to worry he would grow a new one-aarrrhhhhh!

And I don't KNOW for sure if sand makes a tank hotter but I swear I wasn't having this problem til the sand came in. It's such a small tank (yea, I already wish I'd bought bigger but I gotta make this work 'cause hubby will kill me if I suggest bigger so soon) I think it heats up quickly. I triple checked the heater-its ok. The tank has two 24 watt flouresents and 2 blue lights like moon lights maybe? I'm just gonna keep playing with the top since I'm recycling again and have nothing else to do


You can have too much live rock???? I've got about 2 pounds in the 2nd chamber and right now the sponge is still in the 1st chamber

 

he wont grow a new one, or will he? hermits dont grow shells, they steal them from other things, like snails.

 

Yeah, I never heard of hermit crabs growing thier own shells oooooh, those must be those new kind of hermits, their called Super Hermit Crabs
Just kidding, I think that you LFS is a little

 

thats what i thought, cause i never heard of a hermit growin his own shell.

 

Awww, and I thought I had a new super dooper type of hermit! In my 6 weeks of this new hobby the biggest thing I've learned is don't take the person at the LFS at his word-most not to smart me thinks;D

I just wish crusty the hermit would find a shell-he's a ugly little bugger all nekkid!

 

Camilsky brings up a good point. Those pumps the nano's usually come with are woefully weak. Do not provide much flow or surface disturbance at all. --- you may want to look at getting a better pump. :-/

 

alright, I'll agree the pump is weak. I did purcahse a powerhead to circulate the water more. Does anyone know how to go about replacing the pump in a nano? they seem sorta built in to me

Ok, Ok. the sand wasn't making the tank hotter I just checked the power heas and its not working. So, I'm betting thats the problem with the sudden heat increase.

 

My head is starting to inflate:laughing0:yelrotflm It sucks always being right!;D

 

I am such a newbie! But by gosh I just pulled apart a powerhead and fixed it. Scarey!

 

Thats funny:yelrotflm

Yeah I agree hermit dont grow new shells, but do agree that the LFS is a little