chiller question

[tgcreef]

Now what I am planning on doin is having a 65g aga that will have the duel 175 watt ballast with 14k bulbs and spider reflectors. A 125 bioball wet dry. My euroreef RS5-2. 10 gallon refugium. 2 T5's if i can fit them. calcium reactor when i get enough money and find a good deal. This will be a total sps system.

Now with that in mind would a prime 1/4 hp in line aquarium reef tank chiller be overkill?

and if u have any sugggestions for improvement to my plans now please feel free to say anything

thanks!

 

[fishdoc11]

It's allways better to go bigger on the chiller but IMO you might not need one on that system if your house stays below ~75F in the summer and you use good fans in your canopy(or don't have a canopy). If not you might get away with a 1/10 but a 1/4 wouldn't hurt if you can swing it. I would ditch the bioballs. The two most important things for sps are water quality and flow(then of course light and stability). I don't see you mention flow and a good closed loop might be something to think about. You might also consider 10K's since you are going with 175's. The 14's might work just fine but I know the Hamiltons have really low par on magnetic ballasts.
Chris

 

[tgcreef]

well this stuff is on my 37g tank im upgrading so my 37 g has one halide at the moment and is in the 80's and i have a sock wet dry and is amazingly loud( the tanks in my room) so im goin with the bio wet dy because it is really quiet and a blueline 30. IM thinkin about a closed loop but im so sure on how to do it and i like a lot of blue in a tank so if the 14k dont work out i already have 20k on my 37g, and iv heard from different sources that sps seem to do good under 14k bulbs. I am also tryin to do a recreation of one of the old tanks of the month the one with the three collums.( the reef, the island and the bar because i like alot of visible sandbed and i like the separation on the live rock).
but behind the rock clustrers on the sides im wanting to put seio 1100. so there are a few more spoeks

 

[wrott]

I have a 1/10 hp on my 65 and i would deffinately opt for a 1/5 or 1/4---and my lights are hanging (open top)--a PFO hood w/ 2 fans.

 

[tgcreef]

thabks for the info im leaning towards the 1/4 hp

 

[wrott]

yes, it will be worth the $$$.

 

[tgcreef]

well i hope so im only 15 and it takes me a hell of a long time to get that kind of money( i work at a lfs most of my money is toward college so i get around 30$ a week)

 

[wrott]

Well, since that is the case---my 1/10 hp stays on ~1hr to cool from 81F down to 79F and this is w/ maximizing evaporative cooling----so you have to ask yourself--can I keep temp regulated to w/ in 2-3 degrees w/out a chiller? If you can run it at 82-83F w/ fans blowing over sump and keep heater adjusted just right--you probably do not need the 1/4. But it is very nice to have complete control over temp in an SPS tank--no worries about fluccuations.

 

[tgcreef]

ya i know well imv got the 37g tank 175 watt metal halid and the 125 berlin style sump pluse diy canopy, pine stand and im tryin for 400$ but doubt i will get and if do it will help with the chiller problem and im buyin the chiller used which will bring the cost down

 

[wrott]

Some how, I think you will manage to succeed---good luck---and i know a lot of people here do not have chillers, but that kind of perplexes me--why spend so much on everything else but temp control???

 

[tgcreef]

ya i know temp is the one thing that could massivly screw over ur tank and thanks for all the advice/info

 

[tgcreef]

does anyone have any ideas for improvement?

 

[RichConley]

do you have heat problems in the 37?

If you dont, you'll have less problems in a bigger tank.

 

[tgcreef]

ya i have a heat prob my tank hits like 83