Chiller for a 300G?
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mm949
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depends on how much porn you watch in that room..lol..depends alot on flow rate....dont go overboard...i had a client that HAD to have a 2hp 220a chiller for his combined 1000gl sps system in his basement...all it did was create a TON of noise and ran for 2mins every 30minutes....20+years keeping fish and i never had to use a chiller...
I find that sps like the water to be very stable.... Myself, a chiller is a must. this includes a back up chiller in case the first malfunctions. I've got thousands of dollars in livestock. Not to mention all the time to grow. again myself, i find cutting corners only lead to problems down the road. and a lot of why's??? Sizing a chiller isn't really difficult. Armando, if you list all your equipment we could size it on the forum....
Armando
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ricks thanx.
Right now everything is pretty vague, since I have yet to find a house to move to and see what's a good size depending on the space i got.
But overall, I think my goal is to have a 72x30 (or 36) x24 with 3x250HQIs (maybe 4). The return pump is a Dart or the next bigger one. Everything else doesn't add much heat (Tunzes, skimmer, etc), no closed loops.
Right now everything is pretty vague, since I have yet to find a house to move to and see what's a good size depending on the space i got.
But overall, I think my goal is to have a 72x30 (or 36) x24 with 3x250HQIs (maybe 4). The return pump is a Dart or the next bigger one. Everything else doesn't add much heat (Tunzes, skimmer, etc), no closed loops.
my 300
my 300
my 300 has a 1/3 hp chiller with 2000 watts of light and about 17,000+ gph flow with many pumps. It doesn't need to work hard or long to keep my tank at 80. I also have fans that blow across the top of the water which turn on .8 degrees before the chiller this helps quite a bit. It reduced the amount my chiller has to run greatly. Sometimes the fans will even stop the temp rise and avoid the chiller going on at all. I recomend a drop in chiller so you don't have the added possibility of the feed pump going bad and frying the tank.
my 300
my 300 has a 1/3 hp chiller with 2000 watts of light and about 17,000+ gph flow with many pumps. It doesn't need to work hard or long to keep my tank at 80. I also have fans that blow across the top of the water which turn on .8 degrees before the chiller this helps quite a bit. It reduced the amount my chiller has to run greatly. Sometimes the fans will even stop the temp rise and avoid the chiller going on at all. I recomend a drop in chiller so you don't have the added possibility of the feed pump going bad and frying the tank.
