temperature

triggereef · #1 07-22-2009, 03:53 AM

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On another tank i throw in a couple of frozen water bottles to bring the temp down.

On my 230 i use three 1 leter frozen bottles to chill my tank down and i live in edmonton to

GongShow · #2 07-22-2009, 03:58 AM

so like i though a chiller would be a complete waste of money because for maybe a month out of the year i would have heat problems and i could easily solve them with frozen water bottles or fans

triggereef · #3 07-22-2009, 03:59 AM

Well exactly why spend money when you dont need to

fkshiu · #4 07-22-2009, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GongShow

so like i though a chiller would be a complete waste of money because for maybe a month out of the year i would have heat problems and i could easily solve them with frozen water bottles or fans

A chiller could be a necessity IF you were also running, say, 400W MHs in addition to having room temperatures in the 80s.

Start off with using fans, room AC, etc and if that still doesn't work then consider a chiller if you are willing to make the investment.

mark · #5 07-22-2009, 05:24 AM

live in Edm as well and though now have CA, tank was fine the first year just with fans though was evaporating 2 gallons a day. This was on a 145g (2x250w+2x40W lights) with a basement sump.

As fkshiu says though, depends what your planning (tank, lights, hood, pumps) but while you're cycling without livestock, run fans etc and monitor your temperatures.

GongShow · #6 07-22-2009, 03:56 PM

I wouldnt be running hallides i would be running either a RSM 250 or a 75 gallon tank with the aquatic life HID high output T5's on them

StirCrazy · #7 07-22-2009, 05:43 PM

personaly I think a chiller is a good investment, cheeper than cooling the house with an AC and more responcive than fans for tank temp increases also you don't have massive amounts of evaporation water to make up as you do with fans so there is less humidity put into the house its self.

Steve

mark · #8 07-22-2009, 06:14 PM

yep but nice thing about central air is the whole family can enjoy the cool, not just the fish

StirCrazy · #9 07-22-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GongShow

I wouldnt be running hallides i would be running either a RSM 250 or a 75 gallon tank with the aquatic life HID high output T5's on them

is aquatic life actualy using HID in the name of there T5 lights. HID lights are MH, MV, ect.. not T5's .. well here is anouther case of a company mislabling products to make them sound better than they are...

Steve

xtreme · #10 07-22-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

is aquatic life actualy using HID in the name of there T5 lights. HID lights are MH, MV, ect.. not T5's .. well here is anouther case of a company mislabling products to make them sound better than they are...

Steve

Looks like they sell both T5HO's and MH/T5HO combos. Not your standard MH lamps though. They are single ended with a G12 base. Personally I wouldn't want to be limited to only their brand of bulbs.