what chiller to get?

[Fuzzy]

i have a minibow 5 and it gets to hot (80 F). I need a chiller that can bring it down to about 70 F, it also needs to be small enough to fit beside the filter. so waht kind should i get?

 

[DarkSide]

Couldn't you just turn down the heater on it?

 

[Fuzzy]

it doesnt have one

 

[fufanu360]

the cheapest chiller i saw was like 200$, it was twice the size of ur tank, i dont think a chiller will work for u

 

[ioNightShade]

I didn't understand why all the negativity, until I checked out what a minibow 5 was.

Um, uh, er, yeah. I don't think a chiller is the way to go. Hey, if you really want it, by all means go for it. But, I'd get the 90-gallon sump and powerheads for your aquarium before I got the chiller.

If you are getting one, this one seems to be a decent one. Keep in mind that it doesn't have a controller--you'll have to buy one separately.

(NO, I'm not laughing at ya...I just tickle myself with my exaggerations).

Take care,

JT

 

[Ed4567]

IMO as long as the temperature is stable then 80 isnt too hot. If the temperature is really unacceptable look to add a sump.

 

[Navarre]

IMO 70 degrees is too cold to be honest. 80 is an ok temperature if its stable. My 100 gallon runs at a stable 82 degres with no problems

If it really concerns you then i have seen small portable beer chillers used as a water cooler. you simply run a hose through it coiled up and back into the tank. a small power head will pump the water through the cooler and chill the water.

As i said though, your temperature really is not that high

 

[Fuzzy]

im just trying to get it to that temp because thats what ive read white cheeked gobies need. It only seems to be the light bulb heating it up, maybe i could find one that doesnt heat it up so much

 

[smithrc]

If its the light thats heating it... think about the temp when the lights are off...

The temp will drop rapidly with only 5gals. You WILL need a heater to keep the temp stable (and in 5 gallons its going to be very hard to keep stable)

 

[bob`_your_dog]

Chillers INHO are way to overpriced and way to well useless. My tank was sitting at 32-37 here with the african summer. I looked into chillers and damb are they expensive, so i went down to my local second hand shop and bought a small window mounted aircon, Now my tank is stable at 26 and my rooms a nice 22 degrees, a hell of a lot better. The best of both worlds, me and my fishies sleep in peace now And it cost a tenth of the price!!!

But i supoose it all depends on where your tank is. Just my 2 cents sorry

 

[Opcn]

The thing is an aircon costs more to run.

In a 5 gallon tank I think it would be alot cheeper for you to get a 30 galon sump than it would be to get a chiller.

 

[bob`_your_dog]

But all of the chillers that i lookied into, all were made up of modified air-cons with compressors and all, i understand that they have thermostats and they dont run 24/7 but when the room is cool it's alot easier to keep it cool than to cool it down, so 1 could set your air-con to run off a thermostat or timer, and so would not require much more energy for alot more gain. But for a 5 gallon the chiller would be turning on and off a hundered times a day as a tank that size will be easily affected by the ambient temp

and i assume for a 5 gallon which is round 20 literes (i think) that both the chiller and air-con will cost ten-fold that of the entire set up.

 

[bob`_your_dog]

I been thinking about this, surely he could use a peltier. I've used them in the past for many a wonderfull thing. Wire up a thermostat of some sort, the problem would be where to mounth the peltier, I dunno how well glass would take to a peltier, but you could allways run pipes over it. And i'm sure a powerfull enough peltier could cool your tank easilly. The wiring may be a problem but if you need help or a diagram PM me. And i sem to remember them being priced at around $20 could be wrong, i dont live in the states, the power suplly might be about as much.