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05-11-2004, 02:54 AM
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Welcome to Canreef!
 And .. uh .. sorry no I sure don't. Except for the fans on the water surface trick (which does work surprisingly well)
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05-11-2004, 03:02 AM
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Thanks, Tony
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05-11-2004, 04:17 AM
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Hey Rich ... I have seen a few DIY projects for chillers but other than actually buying one already built they all seem too finicky to rely on ... as Tony said the fans work great and can be rigged to turn on at a certain temp ( RC or Reefs.org has a DIY for that ) ... also last summer we got central air and that solved everything ... now you might be thinking that it is excessive but think of what a decent chiller costs and subtract that from a AC unit and the AC unit looks pretty good.
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05-11-2004, 04:23 AM
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Thanks Steve, I think I might just have to "Turbo flow" my canopy. The temp above the water surface surpasses 100 F and my magnificent anemone is hating it. Water temp fluctuates almost 8 F /day!
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05-11-2004, 06:22 AM
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Do you have fans in your canopy right now? What is your lighting?
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05-11-2004, 02:45 PM
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Just a thought,if you built the canopy with a 2 or 3 inch dia tube running through from end to end and installed a fan at one end to draw out the air being warmed from the tank,will that not cool things down,or is that not practical?Basically, the tube absorbes any heat and the fan cools it down.
Jim Almost foregot,WELCOME
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05-11-2004, 03:46 PM
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Cool concept Jim, kinda like a radiator with air instead of liquid.
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