reeftechie
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nyoneway said:
So lets say you get that what else do you need to build a chiller?
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So lets say you get that what else do you need to build a chiller?
That i a beautiful tang!!!! Where can you find more info?? Where can you purchase one??
capt. insano said:while they are gorgeous, sohals become more and more aggressive with age. I just picked myself up a Dussemeiri tang (eystripe tang), relatively docile, unbelievable coloring, and hardy as can be.
That would be my suggestion to add:
reeftechie said:
Sorry to get off topic.. but to answer your question, I'm building a DIY chiller of my own design. It's very simple really... I'm running a 200w peltier stuck onto a titanium cold plate. I plan to get a 1-2" thick acrylic and carve a cave/channels into it using a dremel and stick it right onto the titanium plate. The tank water will be pumped into the acrylic cave and it will make contact with titanium plate chilled by a peltier. I hope I make some sense it. I will create a thread on it later when I'm done with the project.
paulfromero
Premium Member
hi,
NY, thats a sure bet! however, the commercial units I've seen are only rated up to 40 gallon tanks or so. Could they actually go much bigger?
thx,
Paul
NY, thats a sure bet! however, the commercial units I've seen are only rated up to 40 gallon tanks or so. Could they actually go much bigger?
thx,
Paul
Well the iceprobe chiller uses 48watts each and rated for a 10 gallon. Mine uses a monster heatsink, fan, 24DVC power drawing 8amps (200watts). I'm sure my design with active cooling plate /heat exchanger using titanium and a 160gph pump is much more efficient than a Iceprobe going cooling thru a ceramic plate.
RedEyeReef
Active member
Typhon,
Be careful with that beauty. Search Acanthurus dussumieri. Found Indo-Pafic, Africa to Hawaii and get 50cm. You'll need a few hundered gallons for that baby.
Be careful with that beauty. Search Acanthurus dussumieri. Found Indo-Pafic, Africa to Hawaii and get 50cm. You'll need a few hundered gallons for that baby.
capt. insano
New member
I have one in my 240......he is about 8" long
Awesome fish!! Assertive, but not territorial or aggressive. Eats everything I put in the tank. Colors are beautiful (pics don't do them justice) Blues, yellows, greens. Also commonly called an "Eyestripe tang"
Awesome fish!! Assertive, but not territorial or aggressive. Eats everything I put in the tank. Colors are beautiful (pics don't do them justice) Blues, yellows, greens. Also commonly called an "Eyestripe tang"
UnderwaterExotic
In Memoriam
how are they as far as hardiness? Any other problems. Pros/Cons? Also where did you get your tang at?
RedEyeReef
Active member
capt. insano, Very nice. I have never seen one in a tank before. How long have you had it and are there any other tangs in your tank?
capt. insano
New member
really, he has been a model citizen. Not aggressive, but won't take guff from the triggers in the tank, either. We do have a yellow tang in the tank that tried to assert himself when the Eyestripe was first introduced, but then he must have realized he was out-matched.
Very hardy fish. Eats everything (krill, pellet, flake, nori, frozen, silversides, spirulina, etc)
The only fish that he will tussle with is the Black Hawaiian Trigger (just a little nip here and there, nothing serious)
Absolutely stunning fish when you see him in person. Not shy at all, always out. We have had him for about six months, but we knew the person who raised him from a 3" fish b4. He grew to 8"+ in about a year.
Very hardy fish. Eats everything (krill, pellet, flake, nori, frozen, silversides, spirulina, etc)
The only fish that he will tussle with is the Black Hawaiian Trigger (just a little nip here and there, nothing serious)
Absolutely stunning fish when you see him in person. Not shy at all, always out. We have had him for about six months, but we knew the person who raised him from a 3" fish b4. He grew to 8"+ in about a year.
slave-of-rock
New member
how much did he cost if you dont mind my asking?
capt. insano
New member
I got a steal on him.....$120, for an 8" fish
slave-of-rock
New member
not bad, what size tank do you think they need min?
RedEyeReef
Active member
IMO 200 gallon. I hate to see a beauty fish crammed into a small tank.
slave-of-rock
New member
i wouldnt buy one lol, i wouldnt want to have a large tang like that in a little 90g tank. i guess ill just have to buy another tank, o well 
chicken
Premium Member
Yah it's been a while 
Still doing the traveling thing for work and some crazy hours as business is insane right now. The big thing holding me up right now is getting the concrete pad poured in the back yard for the shed that will become the fish room. Currently it is just to muddy for me to finish up all the plumbing back there. We did though manage to get the geothermal setup in the ground before our last big rain storm. I'll try posting some pics in the next few days. Thanks
Still doing the traveling thing for work and some crazy hours as business is insane right now. The big thing holding me up right now is getting the concrete pad poured in the back yard for the shed that will become the fish room. Currently it is just to muddy for me to finish up all the plumbing back there. We did though manage to get the geothermal setup in the ground before our last big rain storm. I'll try posting some pics in the next few days. Thanks
Carl_in_Florida
Active member
When you said you would get pics up by t-day we thuoght you meant 2004 but you did not actually say that.
Carl
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