My 2.75g pico coldwater
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Bluntokian- Moderator
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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
Yea thats why nems can survive a cycle. Of course try to keep nutrient levels down but they are a lot tougher than tropical ones.

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
Yea anytime. CW stuff is pretty tough actually. For a fish, if you really want one, what I call bullheads (only one) might be a good inhabitant. They eat anything but then again it is such a small tank. Go for nems first
Also maybe add some macro for nutrient export 

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
lol... CW nems are very strong. It is also very easy to keep nutrient level down in the tank because it is so small therefore water changes are really easy. I dont want to put any fish in here because it would be just a little to much I think. Maybe after a year of cycling I might upgrade to a larger tank and chiller. 

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
Haha yep. Sounds like you can do mostly inverts in this tank. I agree with jake, more pics!
Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
well brown algae is starting to come, it should go away in a few weeks. But that means the cycle went good. Im struggling right now to keep the tank at 58 degrees. It keeps wandering to 60. Do yall think a fan would cool it down like 2-3 degrees?

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
true...I am going to test my electrical skills and connect a computer fan to a dc ac power transformer. ill tell yall how it goes.

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
DONT!!! Hang on let me show u how I did it for venting on my indoor box for my garden veggies.

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
Theyre fairly self explanitory. Phone charger (I used a power cord for an old modem) 120V input 12v output (match for your PC fan) and make sure that the charger puts out more amps than the fan uses or the fan will run slow. You can also use a 17V on a 12V fan and give it a speed boost but it severely shortens the life.







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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
Thanks a lot.
I was wondering about the amperage. and now i know 

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
No problem man. Im actually sitting here building a box to go where those 2 are. Its going to hold 8 in basically the same amount of room as those 2 

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Re: My 2.75g pico coldwater
Hope your wiring dosent take an hour and a half like my "simple" box did.

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