sirripalot
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Whats up guys. So I don't have any good pictures yet so I'm going to begin the thread off by talking about the water chiller i just installed last night. Currently I have ~500 watts with t5 bulbs. Now t5's don't generate much heat, but i don't have any ventilation set up yet. The room temp stays ~80F, and unfortunately so was my water. Actually before installing the water chiller my water temps were at 81.1F, too high for my liking. So i found a somewhat local guy who was selling a JBJ Arctica Tit. Chiller that he was using for his aquarium.
Here is the link: http://www.marinedepot.com/JBJ_Arct...roller-JBJ_Lighting-JB1111-FICHINQCBC-vi.html
I got the 1/10hp model from him for $200, retails for $500!
I'll snap some pics tonight maybe to begin my journal here. So anyway, the water chiller has a thermostat you set that is built in. I set it to 69F last night. This morning i checked and it was hovering at 68.5F! This thing dropped the temperature in my bio bucket system by over 10F!
The water chiller is currently directly chilling the water in my resevoir. I plan on hooking up an IceBox once I put my 1000 watter up, so I'll probably have to invest in a bigger chiller then..but we'll see what i can work out.
Please stay I'll be back with pictures of my setup soon! The system is completely built and running. 6 Bio buckets, 630gph pump, air stones in each bucket..pretty slick.
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Here is the link: http://www.marinedepot.com/JBJ_Arct...roller-JBJ_Lighting-JB1111-FICHINQCBC-vi.html
I got the 1/10hp model from him for $200, retails for $500!
I'll snap some pics tonight maybe to begin my journal here. So anyway, the water chiller has a thermostat you set that is built in. I set it to 69F last night. This morning i checked and it was hovering at 68.5F! This thing dropped the temperature in my bio bucket system by over 10F!
The water chiller is currently directly chilling the water in my resevoir. I plan on hooking up an IceBox once I put my 1000 watter up, so I'll probably have to invest in a bigger chiller then..but we'll see what i can work out.
Please stay I'll be back with pictures of my setup soon! The system is completely built and running. 6 Bio buckets, 630gph pump, air stones in each bucket..pretty slick.
-- UPDATED WITH PICS BELOW --