http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:10:10 +0000 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:15:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.03 360 www.utahreefs.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=47414 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/1by1.gif http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404905&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404905 Author: phys
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 5:15pm

You dont need aluminum, that was a suggestion. You could use ceramic or something else as that Iceprobe uses. I dont see you needing to cool your water more than a 3-4 degrees unless your house temps get into the 90's. You could figure out how much cooling you'd need to drop the temperature of the water by 4 degrees over a period of about 4 hours (to maintain the current temp). Doin the thermo calculations, you'd need two Iceprobes to keep 20 gallons of water at the same temperature if that temp were to raise 1 degree over an hour. That's assuming a large error though considering the air temperature needs to change the temperature of the water through glass which is a decent thermal insulator. So the rise in temperature i stated may be a bit over blown for most cases.

You can build something similar to that ice probe for about half the cost. I've priced it and will be building one before summer arrives. ]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:15:18 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404905&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404905 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404841&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404841 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 12 2011 at 1:42pm

Cool ]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:42:16 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404841&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404841 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404811&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404811 Author: WhiteReef
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 12 2011 at 10:54am

If you do the heat sink thing, I would suggest using this one or one similar.

http://www.marinedepot.com/chillers_coolworks_iceprobe-ap.html

]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:54:27 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404811&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404811 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404796&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404796 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 12 2011 at 8:38am

Great idea but have you used it?
My guess is that it would take too many of those units to be useful and then it would be impractical, plus, I'm not about to suggest Aluminum in the tank water.

Evaporative cooling is just too easy and cheap.


Edited by Mark Peterson - March 12 2011 at 8:39am]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:38:07 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404796&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404796 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404765&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404765 Author: phys
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 12 2011 at 12:57am

If you're good with soldering and electronics, you can build yourself a thermoelectric cooler. You may need a few depending on your tank size. What you can do to build it though.... You can get a TE device for about 12-30 dollars. You'll need a power supply, and a heat sink. Its a possiblity to get a cpu heatsink with a fan for heat dispursion. Then theres a few ways to mount the cooling side of the device to something to cool. You can get a piece of thin aluminum and connect a small pipe full of water to cool and insert the pipe into your aquarium or sump and the thermal gradient should move the water or you could power the movement somehow. You may also just insert an aluminum block into the water through a hole in the back of a HOB after connecting it to the cooling side of the TE. This can be reproduced for multiple units. ]]> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:57:31 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404765&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404765 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404632&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404632 Author: bstuver
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 11 2011 at 9:41am

Actually the guy that had it before me ran lines from the chiller ports down to a sump, I just used that sump in my 75g to seed it and get it going faster. So I will get a sump put together for under it again and see if that will do it. Thanks guys!]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:41:22 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404632&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404632 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404627&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404627 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 11 2011 at 9:21am


]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:21:38 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404627&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404627 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404619&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404619 Author: kellerexpress
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 11 2011 at 5:38am

I vote for drilling as well. I just drilled mine you are welcome to use my hole saws if you want. ]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:38:15 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404619&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404619 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404610&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404610 Author: bur01014
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 11 2011 at 12:38am

^^ditto^^....probably cheaper than getting a chiller as well.....]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:38:34 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404610&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404610 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404588&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404588 Author: CapnMorgan
Subject: 47414
Posted: March 10 2011 at 10:41pm

My opinion: Drill it for a sump. The back pane of the RSM is just painted glass. Nick did it awhile back when he was keeping seahorses. Then you can have a fuge (which will be critical for your seahorses) a better skimmer, and a fan to cool the tank.]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:41:21 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47414&PID=404588&title=suggestions-to-get-heat-lower#404588