What Is The Best Chiller For..

[attygarla@aol.com]

A 75 Gal/reef/fish Tank In My Office W/50/gal/refugium And A 4o/gal Sump In The Basement I Have Two 250 Wat Metal Halides 5 Inches Over The Main Tank And Live In Ct And Want To Maintain A Constant 78 Degrees ????

 

[bimmerzs]

Hi,

Have you tried adding fans to your setup. Evaporative cooling, in many instances can provide necessary cooling without the added expense of buying a chiller. You can place fan's to blow across the the water's surface of the tank and another for the sump, this will easily drop your temp 3*-4* but will increase evaporation so make sure you have a auto top-off to limit the extra work. Using a controller with the fans adds extra insurance against dropping your tank's temp too low also. AJust a thought.

Cheers,

 

[ZANYMASTER]

You can get away with a 1/10th to save energy but a 1/4 is more suitable.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

First try fans as said above....then a chiller like zany said.