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Old 05-20-2015, 11:26 PM
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So many possibilities with a fish room, even when it is small
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Old 05-20-2015, 11:34 PM
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interesting idea...

I wonder if you would have greater cooling by increasing the surface area of contact with a larger hose?

Kind of like the DIY chillers where guys would coil tubing through a reefer of some sort...
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Old 05-20-2015, 11:35 PM
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So many possibilities with a fish room, even when it is small
Too bad my RO/DI filter is upstairs in my kitchen. If it was in my sump room I could run the RO waste water through the sump coil, and that might be enough to cool the tank sufficiently.
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Old 05-20-2015, 11:56 PM
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Too bad my RO/DI filter is upstairs in my kitchen. If it was in my sump room I could run the RO waste water through the sump coil, and that might be enough to cool the tank sufficiently.
I guess you have tried to run a line downstairs by the sink grey water?
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Old 05-21-2015, 12:02 AM
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I guess you have tried to run a line downstairs by the sink grey water?
I do have an RO/DI line running downstairs to my sump room (for my ATO and water change), but the RO waste line is upstairs under the kitchen sink. No problem, though, as my sump room has all the tap and waste water plumbing there too, so was easy to hook up this cooling experiment.
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Old 05-21-2015, 12:27 AM
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central air, tank's happy, family happy, helps with the humidity
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Old 05-21-2015, 12:29 AM
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Me too!
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Tank normally runs at 78 but over the last few days it got up to 79.5. Rather than having a daily fluctuation of 1.5 degrees, I just set the apex for 79. Going to hook up a fan tonight and see how that does before I freak out.

Seriously considering building a new house just to have a fish room in the basement and central air, lol!
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Old 05-21-2015, 12:28 AM
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My 5 tanks range from 74 to 77 F. Ground floor suite that stays reasonably cool year round. If it gets above 79 F, I have a 12000 btu portable air conditioner that I can plug in.

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Old 05-21-2015, 05:03 AM
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My 5 tanks range from 74 to 77 F. Ground floor suite that stays reasonably cool year round. If it gets above 79 F, I have a 12000 btu portable air conditioner that I can plug in.

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Lol Anthony, fish tank before kid . Just how I would too.
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