Corals w/o chiller... Need expert help...

[Khan]

Hi reefers... I'm new to this hobby...

I need advice on which corals that do not require chillers to start off my hobby

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[Thiva_youngReefer]

For me i was able to keep zoanthids and torch coral in my tank without chiller for 5months and they did okay

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[tamama]

It may be a bit vague to say no chiller. Some people use fan or aircon in room. It all depends. I would say temperature to be less than 29.

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[babareef]

If u can somehow maintain water temperature at 28 degrees then correct me if I'm wrong most corals except SPS can survive. But do keep in mind they won't thrive and grow as u would like. Most reefers keep their tanks at least 26 degrees. Without a chiller it's very hard to maintain consistent temperature with so many water pumps running.



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[Ilovereeffish]

Yep, best to save up for a chiller dude

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[reefbuilder]

I am new to this forum but kept a reef tank for several years now. I am able to keep most softies (excluding xenias) and LPS without chiller because I have shallow tanks (max 30cm ht). Evaporation is quite hight though. Have to top up wi DI water.

[SubzeroLT]

This is my small set up without chiller/fan.

Ambient temperature runs around 30-33degC during the day (windows closed in study room). Simple timer based auto top up (1minute, 3x a day)

Keeping zoanthids, GSP & a yellow tang. I'd say the zoanthids are doing ok but they can probably do better with coolor water.

No way that even simple SPS like birdsnest is able to survive here.

 

 

[Admiraltian]

This is my small set up without chiller/fan.
Ambient temperature runs around 30-33degC during the day (windows closed in study room). Simple timer based auto top up (1minute, 3x a day)
Keeping zoanthids, GSP & a yellow tang. I'd say the zoanthids are doing ok but they can probably do better with coolor water.
No way that even simple SPS like birdsnest is able to survive here.
 

 

Well, that's a nice zoas, gsp tank w/o chiller.


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[babareef]

Very nice


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[yukok.lim08]

Colorfull zoa and nice gsp


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[Joboh]

GSP for sale?

[sharonleong]

On 19/10/2016 at 6:46 PM, SubzeroLT said:

This is my small set up without chiller/fan.

Ambient temperature runs around 30-33degC during the day (windows closed in study room). Simple timer based auto top up (1minute, 3x a day)

Keeping zoanthids, GSP & a yellow tang. I'd say the zoanthids are doing ok but they can probably do better with coolor water.

No way that even simple SPS like birdsnest is able to survive here.

 

 

Never know you have a zoa tank. 

How does the ATO works?

[Ilovereeffish]

Nice sia bro

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[SubzeroLT]

2 hours ago, sharonleong said:

Never know you have a zoa tank. 

How does the ATO works?

That's in the study room near the window.

ATO is a 5L bottle, water is pumped via a Tom's Aqua Lifter from the bottle to tank. Power to the aqua lifter is via a standard digital timer which is set to turn on for 1 minute each time (3 times a day). With this, its able to maintain a rather consistent water level throughout the week.

Oh, and that's an AIO tank. Uses 1 filter sponge & a basket of bio meter to keep water clean. Powered by Eheim 600 pump + MP10 wavemaker.

 

Back to threadstarter's original topic - seeking any other inputs on a setup without chiller. Anymore examples?

[yukok.lim08]

My tank is 1.5ft IOS tank, no chiller but have cooling fan on for 24 hours. So far manage control temperature below 28. Have few fish and coral inside


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[fatphotoboy]

wow. this is something special!

[Limited]

Very nice

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[Soleh Joe]

Very nice zoa collection

[Atropine_]

Wow nice zoas collection!


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[shy88devil]

Nice Zoas Tank 

[kenyee]

On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 11:53 PM, SubzeroLT said:

That's in the study room near the window.

ATO is a 5L bottle, water is pumped via a Tom's Aqua Lifter from the bottle to tank. Power to the aqua lifter is via a standard digital timer which is set to turn on for 1 minute each time (3 times a day). With this, its able to maintain a rather consistent water level throughout the week.

Oh, and that's an AIO tank. Uses 1 filter sponge & a basket of bio meter to keep water clean. Powered by Eheim 600 pump + MP10 wavemaker.

 

Back to threadstarter's original topic - seeking any other inputs on a setup without chiller. Anymore examples?

Bro, do u measure your tank water temp? U have a really beautiful Zoas n GSP tank..salute yea

 

[SubzeroLT]

40 minutes ago, kenyee said:

Bro, do u measure your tank water temp? U have a really beautiful Zoas n GSP tank..salute yea

 

Ha...thanks.

Water temperature get get up to ~31 Deg C . That room gets afternoon sun.

[kenyee]

1 hour ago, SubzeroLT said:

Ha...thanks.

Water temperature get get up to ~31 Deg C . That room gets afternoon sun.

Wah bro..thks alot..think i can off N decomm my fans for my pico Reef tank N FOWLR Tank liao..haha

[JMW]

On 21/10/2016 at 11:53 PM, SubzeroLT said:

That's in the study room near the window.

ATO is a 5L bottle, water is pumped via a Tom's Aqua Lifter from the bottle to tank. Power to the aqua lifter is via a standard digital timer which is set to turn on for 1 minute each time (3 times a day). With this, its able to maintain a rather consistent water level throughout the week.

Oh, and that's an AIO tank. Uses 1 filter sponge & a basket of bio meter to keep water clean. Powered by Eheim 600 pump + MP10 wavemaker.

 

Back to threadstarter's original topic - seeking any other inputs on a setup without chiller. Anymore examples?

Possible to share the brand of the digital timer you use to pair with the aqualift?

[SubzeroLT]

20 minutes ago, JMW said:

Possible to share the brand of the digital timer you use to pair with the aqualift?

No brand type. Got it from Gmarket/Qoo10 about 4yrs ago.

Its something like this : 

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/24-HOUR-AC-WALL-PLUG-DIGITAL-TIMER-SWITCH-AUTO-ON-OFF-TIMER-SMART/406861331