NEED a chiller

[Thurge]

I am looking for a chiller for my reef. Fans just don't seem to be able to cut it unless I open the canopy doors and have it blowing directly into there. I thought I had one on Ebay last night but bidding ended up going just a little farther than I wanted. I am looking for something in the 1/5Hp range, since the system is 77 gallons total and I want to upgrade to about 105 total gallons. I looked at the 1/10 Hp chillers but after talking to someone in Louisiania I decided its just not quite enough chiller for what I want. So if you have a chiller under 1/4Hp and are interested in selling it please let me know.

Thanks
David

 

[racer69]

I found that if I put a nice size fan blowing in the sump it really helps keep the temps down in the summer. I just bought a cheap walmart clip fan.

 

[Rocmtnreef]

I saw a 1/2 hp chiller for sale! PM me if you want to know where.
It might be a tad large for your tank, but you never know.

 

[LarryW]

I think Chris traded a 1/5 into Scott @ ET. Check with Scott, I don't know if it's still available.

 

[Rocmtnreef]

David, check the equipment and dry goods area of the RC forum. I saw a few chillers there that are for sale.

 

[reefkoi]

I did trade a 1/2 HP in but Dan Norman is buying it I think

 

[LarryW]

ah, I thought it was a 1/5.

 

[Thurge]

1/2hp is going to be too big for me, but thanks. I had seen Chris's old one but it wasn't in my price range. I have been keeping an eye on the used equipment forum but the chillers are either 1/2hp or larger or are 1/10hp. Unfortunately I breifly chatted with a gentleman in New Orleans who was selling one from his 90 and, with AC in the house, it really wasn't keeping up for him. It would probably work fine on my tank now but when it gets moved into the 75 I didn't think it would keep up. Since I don't have AC it doesn't seem like it would work.
Then I had a conversation with Scott to see what he could do and he brought up a good point. With the chiller in the room with the tank and no AC its going to make that room that much hotter... Not exactly the end result I was hoping for. Granted the windows are almost always open, I'm not sure the breeze will totally blow out the warm air comming from the chiller.

I ended up buying two of the 67cfm fans Scott has and will be installing them hopefully this afternoon. Hopefully with the two in the canopy and a larger fan on the sump, plus some frozen milk jugs the temp will stay down.

But if you know of someone with a 1/5 1/4 chiller please let me know.
Thanks