Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

The larger pump in my skimmer was a letdown
It's too noisy and I believe it's due to the size of the venturi causing a restriction
So for now I'll just live with the skimmate I get with the stock pump

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

The larger pump in my skimmer was a letdown
It's too noisy and I believe it's due to the size of the venturi causing a restriction
So for now I'll just live with the skimmate I get with the stock pump

Consider slowing down your return pump this would allow more dwell time in sump for skimmer to pull surfacants out of water

[gregzz4]

My return is tee'd back to the return chamber and I have just enough flow to keep the Herbie quiet

I'm not unhappy with my current skimmate production but was trying to get more airflow for a dryer nog without losing the amount produced

[gregzz4]

Whelp, it's that time of year again
Many are scrambling to cool their tanks, and I'm tired of being so tired 'cause it's too hot to sleep - I've only slept 8 hours since Sunday morning
I was against AC for years, but one summer when it was 37C in my living room and recroom (both up and downstairs) @ midnight and I couldn't even stop sweating, nevermind sleeping, I caved
Tonight when I got home it was 87.5F/>31C indoors - not such a great temp for a tank with a chiller that isn't rated to work at/above 90F
So I turned on the AC (Hydro hurts)

Anyway, last week I started thinking about ways to get the heat out of my office/sump room
The first plan was to try to cool the sump some in an effort to keep the chiller from coming on so much. I attached some PC fans on a length of eggcrate, placed them over the sock area of my sump, and voila; the chiller stopped running as much - and for less time. Granted I'm going through more RO, but whatever; having fans running @ less than 8 watts is SO much better than a chiller running @ 280 watts, plus the lower amount of heat in the sump room is noticeable, even with a higher level of humidity

Pic 2 shows the water turbulence




I knew this would not be a big enough fix for the oncoming heat, so I started thinking again about a plan I'd had a couple years ago;
Get the heat from the chiller out of the house ...
This part I am still working on and will post pics when it's finished, but basically my plan is to use a dryer duct kit and some other parts, plus a high-velocity PC fan (already in hand), and have the fan draw the hot air from the chiller out of the house (along with some humidity )
I hope this will keep the higher temps of my office down and allow the chiller to do it's job without fighting itself while it heats the room up ... and maybe I won't have to run the AC in my office as early as March

[Rice Reef]

Wow! 87.5... Guess I shouldn't complain now.

[Dreadful]

i wasnt about to go through and read this whole thread but skimmed some of the pictures.. and let me just say that is all it took for me to cream myself o_o

there's definitely a lot of good info here im going to have to go back lol

nice.. everything dude

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Wow! 87.5... Guess I shouldn't complain now.

Got 'er down to 82 by midnight, and it was 78 when I woke up ... I didn't want to get out of bed
Tonight is going to be such a good sleep !!

Originally Posted by Dreadful

i wasnt about to go through and read this whole thread but skimmed some of the pictures.. and let me just say that is all it took for me to cream myself o_o

there's definitely a lot of good info here im going to have to go back lol

nice.. everything dude

Thank you
Hopefully you find something helpful in here
I found so many useful things in others' threads that I wanted to give back

[gregzz4]

My current GHA issues
Not the best pics ...