How many of you use chillers for your reef tanks?

[Achilles Tang]

Chillers are a necessity for tank stability and long term coral survival in hot and humid Singapore.

How many of you reefers out there don't use them?

[loonz]

Will definitely use one if I had the means...to get one and to maintain one!

[leejwa]

Will definitely use one if I had the means...to get one and to maintain one!

You can! I thought chillers were darn expensive till my friend sold me a brand new Resun for only $700! It consumes only 180W of power and believe you me, it didn't change my power bill by that much. Furthermore, it comes in only when temperature increases and so doesn't work continuously. You interested? I can get one for you.

[tigershark]

You can! I thought chillers were darn expensive till my friend sold me a brand new Resun for only $700! It consumes only 180W of power and believe you me, it didn't change my power bill by that much. Furthermore, it comes in only when temperature increases and so doesn't work continuously. You interested? I can get one for you.

me very interested, $700 for a chiller is damn cheap.... but my question is, what type of chiller is that? izzit those with a fan and heatsink and a terma probe to cooldown the water or those with radiator?? can post the spec and picture?? thanks in advance...

[Ridemtb]

how to vote if u use aircon...?

[ervine]

You can! I thought chillers were darn expensive till my friend sold me a brand new Resun for only $700! It consumes only 180W of power and believe you me, it didn't change my power bill by that much. Furthermore, it comes in only when temperature increases and so doesn't work continuously. You interested? I can get one for you.

Huh $700 is still ex leh... hehe.. student budget.. sigh

[espresso]

Huh $700 is still ex leh... hehe.. student budget.. sigh

hmmz..Resun CL 280 cost bout $360...more to student budget..

This can drive a 3ft tank i guess...correct me if i'm wrong.

[alanseah]

but what about the noise..

issit dam noise..

and how many watt and the flow rate..

[woonming]

The brand i am using is very silent.. Daliae..

[DeepBlue]

for resun...it is a trade off......for the price we pay for the resun, cant get the quietness of those esp ones like teco.....

I am using a resun...........it is a noisy piece of equipment...the next thing to upgrade after the tunze, skimmer, tubby project I did this month alone...no $$$ liaoz

[Terryz_]

Wah... Upgrade so many things in one month... BIG hole in wallet... hehe...

[DeepBlue]

plus holiday.......got to rob bank liaoz

[Terryz_]

Ermm... can i noe how many HP should i get for a chiller for a 4ft tank...

[Tanzy]

1/2 HP should be good. If you have more than 1000W of light, you'll need 1 HP.

[Terryz_]

Will a 1/4 hp be enough...

[Tanzy]

1/3 HP is the minimum.

[Terryz_]

oh... okaie... willl try to get a 1/2 Hp so that next time no need to up chiller again...

[nutx]

The brand i am using is very silent.. Daliae..

I agreed with you....and this one save electricity too.....

using Hp as a yardstick is not applicable for this chiller!

[espresso]

hmmz..it is true resun made noise...but not so loud 1...hmmz..maybe is becoz the chiller is in the cabinet...but for students...guess this is where we start off...haha..i have no money to upgrade to gd chiller...meanwhile..must upgrade my lights 1st...sobs...pocket big big hole liew..

[terryansimon]

if you have parents with super sensitive ears, any chiller is considered loud to them. (=

[Benz...]

any chiller oso have noise one... depends on how loud it is...

[charlie]

Hi

I have been hearing many of u talking about noise on chiller. Isn't it quite difficult to judge the noise level. I would suggest either we use DB level or maybe comparing the noise with some equipment having about the same noise so that we can imaging the type of noise that it produce. Or anyone could have better idea please suggest. Thanks

[yus75]

make a sound proof cabinet for the chillers to be silent hehehehe..how abt tat

[ervine]

make a sound proof cabinet for the chillers to be silent hehehehe..how abt tat

unfortunately, sound travels thru air (most commonly) thus a sound proof cabinet would be airtight, which means ventilation is zero, which means bad for the chiller... so I think it won't work

[Dinosaur]

make a sound proof cabinet for the chillers to be silent hehehehe..how abt tat

Sound proof ....

Then your chiller will be cooked inside the enlcose area ....