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06-15-2007, 10:54 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Santa Clarita, Ca
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I need to purchase a chiller
So right now the tempature in my nano cube is not constant, its changing about 3-4 degrees throughout the day. Today I came home and found it was at 85 degrees. I know this should be the next purchase i make so that all my livestock lives happily, and i know pushing it past 83 is really rough on fish from my local fish store. I want to start saving my money so i can purchase one. any recomendations that wont break the bank, and are reliable? i want to use it for my 24 gallon, and eventually be able to use it for my 60 gallon without strainging the Chiller.
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06-17-2007, 08:07 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Gainesville
Posts: 66
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06-18-2007, 08:49 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: plainsboro, new jersey
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5 Degree temp swing is too much for reef tank.
Since tank is only 10 Gal try a fan to cooltank when PC lights are on if possible.
A 1/10 HP chiller would be best option but they are expensive.
HTH
Doug
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06-19-2007, 02:42 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Santa Clarita, Ca
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I was on another thread about a chiller, what brand do people recommend around here? everywhere i go i see the jbj artica's, but on the other thread the people were recommending the Pacific Coast Imports
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06-19-2007, 02:47 AM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampa, Florida
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but if you want to get a bigger chiller if you plan to upgrade later then get the Pacific Coast 1/10 chiller it is AWESOME i run it on my 72 gallon w/29 sump i know people that run it on a 150 w/40 sump here is the link for that
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merch...e=pacificcoast |
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06-19-2007, 07:04 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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PC are good ones!
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06-19-2007, 05:07 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Santa Clarita, Ca
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would you suggest them over the Artica's? and how reliable are they?(the Pacific Coast) i dont want something that will break on me.
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06-19-2007, 05:34 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampa, Florida
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dancing4raiin
would you suggest them over the Artica's? and how reliable are they?(the Pacific Coast) i dont want something that will break on me.
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This Pacific Coast chiller is a reliable chiller trust me!!  Casey, VWD, Motorslave, Skeety, Reefermike1, Btang, and i am sorry if i didnt mention your name in the list here and you have a PCI chiller and i know you i have a short term memory  But this chiller is awesome!! Most of these people run these chillers on 150 gallons or bigger  Like i posted on premiumaquatics site when i had no AC in the house this chiller had no problem keeping my tank at 79 and the house was at 90+ with high high humidity! in the middle of summer here in Fla
Tim
Last edited by Tim224DT; 06-20-2007 at 12:59 AM.
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06-20-2007, 05:35 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Santa Clarita, Ca
Posts: 361
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Ok, im looking at the 1/10, its really affordable for about 350, im sure theres somewhere that will over free shipping. if anyone knows please inform me. How much power do they suck up? My birthday is comming up soon and i was going to get an outline to a tattoo from my brother in law, but i might just ask my brother in law to get me the chiller
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06-21-2007, 08:56 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Santa Clarita, Ca
Posts: 361
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Also, i was reading about some guys power going out in his home, and his chiller went down to the lowest temp, does this chiller have a memory, or would there be a way of setting it, so if it does go out?
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06-23-2007, 01:05 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampa, Florida
Posts: 9,643
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Yes the chillers have a memory in them for when you unplug them for cleaning or when the power surgers or you lose power for weeks at a time from the lovely hurricanes that we have in Fla "speaking of that it is hurricane season  "
http://www.timsreeftank.com/tank.xls Download that and fill in 280 watts for the power usage on the Pacific Coast 1/10 HP chiller and est about 12 hours a day it runs. Then look at your power bill and see how much you pay for power per kwatt and fill that in and you can get a est on how much a month it will cost to run the chiller. Some people the chiller might run more per day some it might run less so just play around with that. There are two pre filled in values of "33" 434" erase those they were in there and forgot to take them out when i posted it on my site.
As for free shipping on the chillers i believe premium aquatics has free shipping on their chiller Pacific Coast 1/10 HP chiller. |
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