Aquarium chiller

[ThisCityIsDead]

So, I just purchased a 1/2 HP chiller by aqualogic. I believe it's the slimline cyclone..? Anyhow, it's a chiller with a metal spring that gets very cold.

I'm curious to know what you guys do to keep your tank cool but at the same time keeping your own room cool, too. This chiller has a cooling fan and it spits out hot air into my room. It feels like a heater. Within 15 minutes my room easily increases 4 degrees. The chiller goes on when my tank reaches 81F and j have it to 79.

I think it does a great job, yesterday when I first installed it, my tank was at 86 and within an hr it got it down to 80. My room, of course, felt like a sauna.

Is there anything I can get from homedepot to have the warm air blow out my window. Thanks!

[slief]

Originally Posted by ThisCityIsDead

my tank was at 86 and within an hr it got it down to 80. My room, of course, felt like a sauna.

Thanks!

I hope you don't have fish in that tank (easpecially tangs) because that kind of a temp drop is just asking for an ich outbreak.. 6 degree drop in temperature in an hour is way too much in my opinion and very stressful on fish.

As far as keeping my tank cool, I allow my tank to get to 82 and then my pair of 8" walmart clip on fans turn on. That will drop my tank .5 in about an hour even on the hottest days when my house is over 80*. I have a 1/2HP JBJ Artica chiller plumbled in but I no longer need it. At 82 max during the summer and 76-78 during the winter, my fish and tank have done great.

[ThisCityIsDead]

Well, before the chiller, my tank would reach up to 87:| one day, two weeks ago it was so hot, my tank reached to almost 91. My whole tank is filled with tangs. Lol. A scopas, a hippo, a naso, a yellow, a kole and a purple. The hippo got ich when I first got it, and wakes up with a bit here and there. I've had it for two months now. No other fish have visible signs of ich.

[tkeracer619]

You don't. With a drop in chiller you're best bet is to vent the chiller to the outside.

With a plumb type chiller you put it outside or in a crawl space and pump water to it.

[ThisCityIsDead]

Originally Posted by tkeracer619

You don't. With a drop in chiller you're best bet is to vent the chiller to the outside.

With a plumb type chiller you put it outside or in a crawl space and pump water to it.

What works best? Should I have gotten a plumb type?

[tkeracer619]

It all depends on the situation and how your system is setup. They are essentially the same thing, the plumb in type just has the coil mounted in pvc.

[Reefvet]

Originally Posted by ThisCityIsDead

What works best? Should I have gotten a plumb type?

Plumbing it in is always preferable because you can avoid exactly what you're experiencing by locating it outside the room the tank is in.

If you can set up a remote sump or small tank, say in a garage or somewhere and use the drop-in that way you solve the vicious heat cycle it introduces.