Biocube / RedSea Max and other Nano Tank cooling

[mmaisonneuve]

Who has not replace fan on their Nano tank yet ? I tought I could extend their life by shutting them down at night....NOT ! I found out that many of those Fan are using the cheapest possible fan. The stock fans use sleeve bearings and have a bad tendency to die or become noisier while slowing down after 3 months. The best thing to get is dual bearing fan.

I found what I was looking for at: ca.mouser.com and then just select you Fan size and do a search. For my Biocube I picked at nice set of 60mm X 25mm sure their are ticker but they are a perfect fit, I just replace the original screws by longer ones.....I gain more endurance and more CFM. Price was fair.....even cheaper than the stock fan.....and delivered to my door.

[xenon]

More CFM usually means more noise.

How do they compare in sound to the stock ones?

[mmaisonneuve]

A little more noisy but not that bad. And the canopy is way cooler