New thoughts on my 20g, +DIY chiller ??'s

[The Man]

After coming from reading a bunch of books on reef keeping for large tanks, I find this forum and have had to rethink my tanks setup. I was wondering if I could get some pointers on my planned setup

20 gal high
110 PC in custom hood
Rio 1700 return pump
10 gal sump (about half filled)
heater
a few well placed small circulation pumps
30+ pounds live rock
about 2" live sand
6 line Wrasse
few small shrimp
standard clean up crew

I wanna try and keep it simple, so no skimmer unless its really necessary, and hopefully it wont be with a light BIO load. My next guestion, will one of those little cubic foot fridges keep my tank cool by around 5 degrees? You know, run a 1/4 " line off the main over flow line and coil about 20 feet in the fridge and out to the sump? If i'm missing anything, let me know


Steve The Man

[The Man]

Scratch the above listed setup, I did some Googlin' last night and may have found an easier way to set it up(and cheaper)!! Still need to know about the cooling capaceties for those fridges (mabey a Think Tank post would do me better).


Steve The Man

[ckreef]

I have done both a small fridge and a small freezer. The fridge will work for 5 degrees or so.

Put a large bucket of water in the fridge and coil the line in that water. The fridge will do a better job at keeping the bucket of water cool and that in turn will do a better job at heat exchanging. SO did any of that make sense.

It does work but sort of bulky --- of course with the right fridge you could always use it as the stand and maybe get the wife/girlfriend to pick out some nice table cloth type thing to drape over it.

[The Man]

Made plenty of sense And I like that bigger fridge idea, should leave me room enough for a 6 pack next to the bucket