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10-24-2007, 10:52 PM
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10-24-2007, 11:09 PM
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I have a 40 gallon with a 250MH over it on the second floor of my house. This summer I was going from 78 to 86 or more almost every day. Bought one of those cheapy clip on fans and put it on the same timer as the MH. Tank DOES NOT move from 78 all day now. Cheapest chiller I have EVER seen.
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10-24-2007, 11:20 PM
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145g upstairs (basement sump) with 2x250W MH and no chiller. Before central air, wasn't a problem keeping a near steady 79° with a couple of small muffin fans sitting on eggcrating over sump plus blowing air up from the basement through the hood when lights on.
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10-24-2007, 11:53 PM
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150g with 2 400w halides and 120g with 1 250w halide upstairs in the same room.....had fans over the sumps, no chiller, but then got a heat pump for the house...wouldn't you know it, it is the only room that doesn't actually get cool...it's the furthest from the furnace/blower....so in actuality the heat pump only cooled the room slightly, we have an HRU for humidity....and the tanks did get to around 83ish.....but at least manageable...
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#5
10-25-2007, 04:19 AM
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In the summer I use a fan and 2l pop bottles of frozen water to cool my tank.I'd like to find one of those small drop in chillers for a decent price.That would be perfect.
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#6
10-25-2007, 05:02 AM
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No chillers. 210g reef with 3x250w DE & frag tank with 175w. No heat issues usually since I'm in a ground floor suite that stays cool most of the time. For the hottest days of summer, I use clip on fans & in extreme circumstances, I have 12000 btu portable room AC unit that keeps the main room with the tanks a nice comfortable 24 C even when its blistering hot outside.
My reasoning on getting an AC in of chiller is that it keeps me cool as well. It also helps keep all my tanks cool so more cost effective. Anthony
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#7
10-25-2007, 02:09 PM
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No chiller here.
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10-25-2007, 09:12 PM
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#9
10-27-2007, 03:30 AM
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I was hoping i could run 2 x 250 MH on my tank with no chiller. Figured if i had to lay out the money for the lights AND a chiller then would just say the heck with it and spend the money on a solaris led unit. Think now i may give the MH and fans a try if i can find a good used setup for the right price now and get the LED in a couple of years when the prices drop.
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#10
10-27-2007, 06:13 AM
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No chiller, but ...
400 watt halides on 90 gallon tank in my basement- ran fan on high just above the sump - had to replace evaporated water every day - also had to be careful to have blinds drawn on the basement windows on the really hot days - still got temperature swings of 3 degrees on the really hot days.
Have run with Solaris PFO LED lights for almost a year... no chiller required, temperature fluctuation of 1 degree at most.
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