chiller for 5ft tank

[KELVINx3]

any recommendation for a 5ft tank? .5horse? or 1horse? any pro can advise? i'm unable to get drop in coil due to house structure.

[spkentchai]

0.5horse shd be able to work...i gotten the 0.5horse....yet to setup yet....let you know next week,.,,,keke

[KELVINx3]

most LFS encourage 1horse. but on paper specification .5 should work. so which so i get? any advise?

[surreal1228]

i guess 1/2 at least, why not use those air-con kind?

[DUCADOS]

1/2 horse at least. artica cannot be wrong

[KELVINx3]

artica to be honest quite high price for me. i'm considering hailea .5 horse as paper specification it can chilled up to 1.2k litre of water. after calculation on my 5ft tank the most my water capacity is 900litre. including sump.

[KELVINx3]

i guess 1/2 at least, why not use those air-con kind?

compressor type no place to put. if put inside house. it will be very warm.

[tropic]

Get one size up.. Mine was using .5 and it just taking too long too cool.

[KELVINx3]

thanks all senior/pros. i've decided to use 1horse chiller

[spkentchai]

thanks all senior/pros. i've decided to use 1horse chiller

Any brand or model u have decided? I'm using 0.5hp now and don't mind looking at different alternative to change to 1hp

[KELVINx3]

either hailea or attica compressor

[dachkie]

Drop in coil compressors are not warm at all because they work for a very short time to cool 1 degrees even for my previous 5x2.5x2 , in fact its quite cooling like a fan lol

[Nic1988]

Wow, 1hp chiller will be killer ex LOL

[Skylinws1982]

I m using 1hp for my 5ft tank

[Invy Ng]

Just wondering if china brand like Hailea can do the job. Some friends swear by artica.

[建沅]

China brand might not be accurate in the water temperature reading as compared to the Artica, due to the placement of the thermostat within the chiller. One problem that will arise is that chiller will kick in more often due to the inaccurate reading of temperature.

Did a search on it before i purchased my chiller even though its just a 1/10 hp, found out that many of the hobbyist have modified their china brand chiller with external thermostat to get a more accurate reading of temperature.

[gavintan87]

Im using 1hp Hailea with a external thermostat (forgot brand name but made in italy)...chiller seldom kick in and always maintain at 25 degrees for my tank

[Michaelenamira]

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