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So tell me why most of what I've seen tells me to keep our tanks around
78-80?


Old, outdated and uneducated information (IMHO)
Rod Buehler
www.asplashoflife.com

Chiller recommendation
 

Rod, you were saying that your tank swings from 82 to 88?

no.. I strive for 83.. it swings from 83-85, but when and if it does het 88 it
is no shock

I
have noticed at 83 & above there are some things I can't keep. Pocillopora &
Stylophora are a few I can think of. I have a clam/sps tank.

If they were aclimated tt higher more stable temps, they would all do
fine/better
Rod Buehler
www.asplashoflife.com

Chiller recommendation
 

Copy and paste

http://216.239.37.104/search?sourcei...che:http%3A//w
ww.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/nov/features/1/default.asp

and another ( many more on my other computer.. Ill get them later)
http://www.rshimek.com/reef/tempsal.htm
Rod Buehler
www.asplashoflife.com

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"Ross Bagley" wrote in message
...
Thought about it, wish I could do it, however, my condo CCR's prohibit
A/C window units and there is simply no way to retrofit central air


Holy crap, with as much of a hot-weathur-wuss as I am, I'd be searching for
alternate living quarters post-haste.g No AC's...sheesh!!!!

billy

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"Ross Bagley" wrote in message
...
"Richard Reynolds" writes:

I gave that some thought, you *might* do better with a dehumidifier
instead of a chiller, if you cant stick a fan in a window you
probibly wont like the effects of a chiller on the house temp, that
heat still needs to go somewhere. the dehumidifier itself wont cool
down the tank, it will just take the tropical house effect away from
using fans instead of a chiller to cool your tank.

The chiller will go in the crawlspace under the condo. In the
crawlspace, I can run a 12" flexi duct from a shaded outside vent to
the chiller's intake side. The chiller will then vent it's heated
exhaust to the crawlspace air volume.

is your floor well insulated? once you heat up the crawlspace, the heat has
to go someplace.

Regards,
Ross

-- Ross Bagley http://rossbagley.com/rba
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller

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Holy crap, with as much of a hot-weathur-wuss as I am, I'd be searching for
alternate living quarters post-haste.g No AC's...sheesh!!!!

it sounds like he has central air, just no window units

--
Richard Reynolds

Chiller recommendation
 

The chiller will go in the crawlspace under the condo. In the
crawlspace, I can run a 12" flexi duct from a shaded outside vent to
the chiller's intake side. The chiller will then vent it's heated
exhaust to the crawlspace air volume.

I dont have to worry about CCR's :D but I do know people that do, didnt know how they
would go with a 12" duct, also I think id do that backwards if possible or it will heat
your house

suck the exaust air out of the crawl space otherwise it will get way past hot.


--
Richard Reynolds

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i have recently purchased a few of these and i am setting them up by putting
the intake from the other freezers out take. i have tested it on a smaller
tank and it seems to due the trick... they are very cheep to setup....

http://www.oatleyelectronics.com/peltier.html#PELT2

i am just one up for my new larger tank....

Thanks Geoff

"Steve "Srfmon"" wrote in message
...
It's getting to be the time of year when I start wondering if I'm
going
to actually buy a chiller. We just had our first heat wave & the tank got
to
85 degrees.
Being the cheap ******* that I am I was looking at DIY plans & found
things like the small fridge mod, the old window a/c mod, & even the
dehumidifier mod. Do any of those work (reliably)?
Also, with my price range I think I'm looking a used chiller. Is that
a
reasonable choice? Or should I just buy a brand new one? What do I need to
look for when buying a used chiller?
TIA, Steve

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"Richard Reynolds" writes:

Holy crap, with as much of a hot-weathur-wuss as I am, I'd be searching for
alternate living quarters post-haste.g No AC's...sheesh!!!!

it sounds like he has central air, just no window units

Nope. No central air, no window units. The ocean is nearby, which
makes the heat fairly bearable, except when the Santa Ana winds
blow from the high desert, through the Los Angeles valley, and
across Santa Monica out into the ocean.

Then the lack of A/C really bites.

Regards,
Ross

-- Ross Bagley http://rossbagley.com/rba
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller

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"Dinky" writes:

"Ross Bagley" wrote in message
...
Thought about it, wish I could do it, however, my condo CCR's prohibit
A/C window units and there is simply no way to retrofit central air

Holy crap, with as much of a hot-weathur-wuss as I am, I'd be searching for
alternate living quarters post-haste.g No AC's...sheesh!!!!

It's not bad 99% of the time. In fact, it's rather amazingly awesome
99% of the time. Santa Monica has the nearly perfect climate, IMHO.
50 degrees in winter is darned cold (normally 55-65 degrees), 90
degrees in summer is darned hot (normally 75-85 degrees). That, and
while I'm pretty much temperature tolerant over a huge range, while my
SO is very cold intolerant.

The 1% when Santa Monica (and the no A/C) sucks is when a strong
Santa Ana wind is blowing hot air from the desert across Santa Monica
and out to sea. The rest of the time, Santa Monica gets nice cool
breezes from the ocean to moderate the heat of summer and you don't
notice the lack of A/C.

Regards,
Ross

-- Ross Bagley http://rossbagley.com/rba
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller