Hi: I need help, last days here in the Caribean the heat wave are turning my tank into a "sauna", my temperature go up to 89F, the water is almost boiling.I have a 20g Bow Front with some fishes and invertebrates, I begin to loose some of them.Here fans are just moving hot air, I'm in a research and I think the Ice-probe don't going to help me. Pacific Coast Imports and Resun have some new Thermo Electric Automatic Micro Chiller/Heater. I'm looking for the CL-85 with a Refrigerating capacity of 85 watts and a required flow of 80 gph min/160gph max. Anyone knowsif it can be enough to set my tank in a steady temperature of 79F. Thanks for your help and attention.
Temperature is too high
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Joshua1023
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I'm not exactly familiar w/ that chiller, but usually the chillers I have seen have a chart that will say how much it is capable of dropping the temperature for a certain amount of water. Call the supplier to get the info needed.
ouch ....
I have never had the need for a chiller , but in reading your post a few questions do come to mind,
is your temps running that high both night and day ? or mainly when your lights fire up ?
if your temps are spiking from lower at night and shooting way up during the day, that could be a big problem. and my first thoughts would be until you can find the means of temp control try your best just to keep it stable, so either tone down the lighting for now , or as crazy as it may sound turning up your temp at night to help prevent such a large swing
I have never had the need for a chiller , but in reading your post a few questions do come to mind,
is your temps running that high both night and day ? or mainly when your lights fire up ?
if your temps are spiking from lower at night and shooting way up during the day, that could be a big problem. and my first thoughts would be until you can find the means of temp control try your best just to keep it stable, so either tone down the lighting for now , or as crazy as it may sound turning up your temp at night to help prevent such a large swing
Run your lights at night. Remove all lids. Part of your trouble may be that your air is already humid and evaporation is running slowly...in that regard, I don't know if this would work---but before refrigerated air, we used to run swamp coolers, a vented metal frame of straw mats around a blower, with water dripping constantly through the straw mats. That could lower the temperature in a room by 20 degrees, and doesn't use much current except for the blower and for the pump that lifts the water to recirculate through the mats. Don't even know if they still make those things, but they'd cool a room.
