October Update - Addition Of A Chiller And Slight Rescape.
Coming into the hotter months, and the first summer in my new place - I decided to look at getting a chiller for the tank. Given that it will be our first summer in the new place, I have no idea just how much the place heats up. We don't get any direct sun into our windows and we also have double glazed windows.
To chill the tank I was considering:
I decided to go with the Chiller. I managed to track on down last Friday from Rob from Marine Boutique - the importer of these Chillers. He was super helpful and actually managed to take $100 the chiller and thermostat/remote. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (This place also sells jellyfish)
So I 'installed' the chiller - if you can even call my attempt that and the picture is below:
To test it before I put it in, I left it running on the counter for 30 mins - it condensed the water in the air and FROZE the condensation!!
I was very impressed.
And here is a photo of my tank:
To chill the tank I was considering:
- Frozen water bottles - This is cheap, but it is only effective while the water in the bottle is still frozen. It cannot be regulated to my degree.
- Fans - these are cheap, can be regulated but without knowing how hot the place gets in summer, I didn't want to buy this and potentially find out they are ineffective, as well as increased evaporation and no ATO or refractometer to monitor the salinity closely...
- Chiller - In particular IceProbe - the only draw back, its expensive.
I decided to go with the Chiller. I managed to track on down last Friday from Rob from Marine Boutique - the importer of these Chillers. He was super helpful and actually managed to take $100 the chiller and thermostat/remote. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (This place also sells jellyfish)
So I 'installed' the chiller - if you can even call my attempt that and the picture is below:
To test it before I put it in, I left it running on the counter for 30 mins - it condensed the water in the air and FROZE the condensation!!
I was very impressed.
And here is a photo of my tank: