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View Poll Results: How are you dealing with the summer heat? | |||
Chiller |
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18 | 9.78% |
AC |
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48 | 26.09% |
Fans |
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54 | 29.35% |
Nothing |
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54 | 29.35% |
Other |
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10 | 5.43% |
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![]() My 80g is in the basement and has a chiller on it. It stays at 77 with 2x250 metal halides.
I am currently putting a 220g together. It will have it's own 10'x10' room in the basement. My 80gal will be pulled down and be put in the 220. the chiller is not big enough for the new tank so I will be adding a through wall a/c unit. |
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![]() Basement! My new setup is in the basement, and I now have to keep my heater on as the tank will drop to 73-75 no problemo. It works well for me, because my tank stays at a constant 78 now
![]() On my old system running 250w HQI , having the tank upstairs, I was getting 85+ every day. So this is a nice change.
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20g BB Mixed Reef // Coralife 150w HQI // AquaC Nano // Koralia 1 & Seio 820 // Jager 200w // AC50 |
#3
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![]() I was at 82 yesterday and thats with a chiller. Turned the lights off for a bit and it is back to normal now. Looks like my chiller is a bit on the small side.
![]() Should be interesting for me in the winter as I have a air tight wood stove in the same room. One more reason I bought my chiller probably will need to run mine in the winter as well.
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150 Gal system 3'x3' 400W M/H, Bekett skimmer, Dart return,1/4 HP Chiller 180 Gal Drop tank, LED lights, Bubble master 250 skimmer,Hammerhead on a closed loop, Speed wave return. |
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![]() Basement for me too... no problems yet this summer...might have some problems keeping the temp up in the winter tho.. we'll see.
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180G Office Reef. Started Sept 2012 http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=88894 62G Starfire Reef. Started Jan 2013 http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=89988 |
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![]() I have central A/C and a chiller on my 50gal. Stays around 82-83. In my old house last year I had to use 2 portable A/C units and a chiller to keep things cool.
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