chickennublet
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Hello everyone
Writing from Singapore, where it is hot year round. Most folks require heating while people here need the opposite.
I would be grateful for some advice on aquarium chillers and what I can do to keep temperatures low generally. I am chilling my water to keep my fish happy, since I am keeping Corydoras which prefer cooler water. My tank will probably be above 30 degrees Celsius without the chiller which is too warm.
I bought a used Hailea chiller for a really good price. Hailea is a Chinese brand but widely used in Singapore and known to be reliable, but I wonder if it might be a bit underpowered for my tank which holds 81 litres of water. I am not very sure of the specs, except that it's a 1/10 HP chiller, whatever that's supposed to mean, and I have it set at 25 degrees Celsius. It cools the water down to 24.9 and then goes into standby mode until the temperature reaches 26 degrees, then it starts up again to cool the water down.
I noticed earlier at around 2pm shortly after the lights turned on that it took 25 whole minutes to cool the water from 26 to 25. It then went into standby mode for only 28 minutes before starting up again. I can't do much about how quickly the water heats up, but 25 minutes to cool the water is quite a long time.
I tried modifying the chiller so that the chiller measures the water in the tank instead. Earlier this morning with the lights off, it was on standby for about an hour which is nice, but it took nearly 40 minutes to cool the water by 1 degree! I only monitored it once before undoing the modification although maybe I should have let it run for a few hours.
I don't want my electricity bills to skyrocket, so I am wondering if I should purchase a higher rated chiller which should be able to chill the water quicker. The problem I have though is that the largest filter I can fit under my stand is a Biomaster 600 and I don't know if the flow rate will be high enough for a higher rated chiller. With filter media the flow rate will probably be just 600 L/H so i'm wondering what actually happens if I run a chiller but the flow rate is a bit too low for it. Should I go for a higher rated chiller or would it be a waste because I won't have the recommended flow rate?
I am also considering hanging my lights so that it is a distance from the water surface and wondering if that will help reduce the temperature somewhat.
Thank you everyone!
Writing from Singapore, where it is hot year round. Most folks require heating while people here need the opposite.
I would be grateful for some advice on aquarium chillers and what I can do to keep temperatures low generally. I am chilling my water to keep my fish happy, since I am keeping Corydoras which prefer cooler water. My tank will probably be above 30 degrees Celsius without the chiller which is too warm.
I bought a used Hailea chiller for a really good price. Hailea is a Chinese brand but widely used in Singapore and known to be reliable, but I wonder if it might be a bit underpowered for my tank which holds 81 litres of water. I am not very sure of the specs, except that it's a 1/10 HP chiller, whatever that's supposed to mean, and I have it set at 25 degrees Celsius. It cools the water down to 24.9 and then goes into standby mode until the temperature reaches 26 degrees, then it starts up again to cool the water down.
I noticed earlier at around 2pm shortly after the lights turned on that it took 25 whole minutes to cool the water from 26 to 25. It then went into standby mode for only 28 minutes before starting up again. I can't do much about how quickly the water heats up, but 25 minutes to cool the water is quite a long time.
I tried modifying the chiller so that the chiller measures the water in the tank instead. Earlier this morning with the lights off, it was on standby for about an hour which is nice, but it took nearly 40 minutes to cool the water by 1 degree! I only monitored it once before undoing the modification although maybe I should have let it run for a few hours.
I don't want my electricity bills to skyrocket, so I am wondering if I should purchase a higher rated chiller which should be able to chill the water quicker. The problem I have though is that the largest filter I can fit under my stand is a Biomaster 600 and I don't know if the flow rate will be high enough for a higher rated chiller. With filter media the flow rate will probably be just 600 L/H so i'm wondering what actually happens if I run a chiller but the flow rate is a bit too low for it. Should I go for a higher rated chiller or would it be a waste because I won't have the recommended flow rate?
I am also considering hanging my lights so that it is a distance from the water surface and wondering if that will help reduce the temperature somewhat.
Thank you everyone!