nsousa
Reefing newb
Hey guys,
this is a mod that I added to my biocube to help with air flow in the back chambers and hopefully help a bit with temps because of the refugium light. my tank would usually run 80-80.5 degrees with the MH light on, since the mod my tank runs at 78.4 with lights on and 77.3 when its running the refugium lights, I have the coralife light that mounts on the back of the biocube it does create a bit of heat, it uses 2 t5 bulbs. This mod only cost about $20 bucks so its well worth the money.
If you have any question please ask
tools and materials needed
fan I bought for 6.99
12v female plug 2.99 strip the wire about 1/4''
picture of fan held above cover
cut factory plug and strip the black and red wire on the fan
twist the wires together, remember red is usually marked with a strip on the wire and black is black with no markings on it.
cut a small piece of electrical tape and wrap each wire.
after taping the wires pull forward the wraping thats on the wires including the small piece of heat shrink (if your brings one)
with a lighter slowly heat the heat shrink and it will hold the wraping down ( becareful not to apply to much heat or you will melt the plastic wrap)
this is some double sided tape that I opted to use instead of the glue gun. this is double sided tape from my other hobby (rc racing) that I know will hold the fan with ease ( if you dont have any home depot sell 3m which is pretty good or you can use the glue gun)
after tracing the double sided tape , cut it with hobby knife or scissor.
cut 4 pieces identical to each other.
peel the paper off the double sided tape stick to each corner of the fan ( the trick to a good bond is using some rubbing alcohol to clean the surface before applying)
use some rubbing alcohol clean the inside of the cover were the fan will be mounted
peel off the paper from the 4 corners of the fan
slowly place the fan inside the cover above the grill openings and press down firmly on all 4 corners (make sure there was a good bond between the fan and the cover)
now its time to plug the fan to your 12v transformer plug 8.99
if its all done correctly the fan will work:D
now its time to carry it over to your biocube
plug it in and enjoy.
Hopefully this mod will help you as much as it helped me
if you have any questions please feel free to ask
this is a mod that I added to my biocube to help with air flow in the back chambers and hopefully help a bit with temps because of the refugium light. my tank would usually run 80-80.5 degrees with the MH light on, since the mod my tank runs at 78.4 with lights on and 77.3 when its running the refugium lights, I have the coralife light that mounts on the back of the biocube it does create a bit of heat, it uses 2 t5 bulbs. This mod only cost about $20 bucks so its well worth the money.
If you have any question please ask
tools and materials needed
fan I bought for 6.99
12v female plug 2.99 strip the wire about 1/4''
picture of fan held above cover
cut factory plug and strip the black and red wire on the fan
twist the wires together, remember red is usually marked with a strip on the wire and black is black with no markings on it.
cut a small piece of electrical tape and wrap each wire.
after taping the wires pull forward the wraping thats on the wires including the small piece of heat shrink (if your brings one)
with a lighter slowly heat the heat shrink and it will hold the wraping down ( becareful not to apply to much heat or you will melt the plastic wrap)
this is some double sided tape that I opted to use instead of the glue gun. this is double sided tape from my other hobby (rc racing) that I know will hold the fan with ease ( if you dont have any home depot sell 3m which is pretty good or you can use the glue gun)
after tracing the double sided tape , cut it with hobby knife or scissor.
cut 4 pieces identical to each other.
peel the paper off the double sided tape stick to each corner of the fan ( the trick to a good bond is using some rubbing alcohol to clean the surface before applying)
use some rubbing alcohol clean the inside of the cover were the fan will be mounted
peel off the paper from the 4 corners of the fan
slowly place the fan inside the cover above the grill openings and press down firmly on all 4 corners (make sure there was a good bond between the fan and the cover)
now its time to plug the fan to your 12v transformer plug 8.99
if its all done correctly the fan will work:D
now its time to carry it over to your biocube
plug it in and enjoy.
Hopefully this mod will help you as much as it helped me
if you have any questions please feel free to ask
