Cold-Water?

Billiethekid 2010-11-19, 23:02

So looking around at stuff cause im bored and have noticed that a Cold-Water tank based on PNW isn't common... only reason I've found that is a common problem is Cooling... anyone have any ideas?? this has perked my attention and I wanna try it but i wanna get some input on why i should or shouldn't.

**icer711** 2010-11-19, 23:19

think you need a chiller like you have for some of the saltwater stuff.... also hit up the fish hatchery's i had a tank of salmon we raised at school once from eggs to like 120 days then they took them and released them

Billiethekid 2010-11-19, 23:26

i was thinkin small scale no salmon... like inverts and small sculpins(if there is such thing) and such.. notin too big..

**icer711** 2010-11-19, 23:31

lol oh sorry you might be able to do it with like an air condenser unit with copper tubing running though the tank or something similar

Billiethekid 2010-11-19, 23:34

everywhere ive read says dont let the copper touch the salt water its very back and poisonious >.>
ive read about DIY chillers from mini bar fridges... but idk how well it will work or how to keep it from corroding >.>

**icer711** 2010-11-19, 23:37

you may need to switch the parts over to like stainless....
or another idea you could put in a box in the tank that is sealed from the tank that has the copper in it.... you know what i mean? but it will transfer the temp through conductance... kinda like floating the bottled hot water to rise the tanks temp

Billiethekid 2010-11-20, 00:04

kcress AquariaCentral.com wrote:In your case I'd suggest you put your evap coil into a small insulated tank, one you could make out of acrylic and insulate. Run tubing out of this little tank and into your fish tank. Use a little circulating pump, it can be a powerhead even. Fill this tank and the hose with propylene glycol. This is an edible liquid with a very low freezing point. It won't freeze around your evaporator tubing. This setup will isolate your evaporator coil from the saltwater without plastic bags.

Such as he states??

**icer711** 2010-11-20, 00:22

yes sounds about right but i would do glass as the plastic would insulate more then conduct the temp.....ie a cooler keeps it in

Billiethekid 2010-11-20, 02:48

so go Acrylic Front with Wooden sides(for insulation) and then the Chiller is made with a Glass box with tht liquid to allow for it to diffuse the heat(or as it is lack of heat) out to the tank.. have a powerhead or something causing water flow over it??

**lars on** 2010-11-20, 05:38

I was lookin at doing a cold water marine tank a while back when we lived near a beach with thousands of cold water anemones, AMAZING colors, tthe chillers I found were in the hundreds to thousands of dollars, but there is one out there that goes for 100$

or you could just get 9 of these bad boys!
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But this is the cheapest one you will probably find if you dont want to make one, still over a 100$:
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alexmuw 2010-11-20, 14:20

Get a quality chiller, you can't go cheap here.

**icer711** 2010-11-21, 15:16

here billy doesn't look like it to expensive and may work for you
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Billiethekid 2010-11-21, 15:49

Thx.. I'm still thinking if i want to do this or not.. kinda all in the air.. one of my thoughts I'd ask and learn more about..

**icer711** 2010-11-21, 15:57

ok lol sounds good i know them things get expensive in a hurry so that one didnt look to bad in price good luck let us know how it goes

Billiethekid 2010-11-21, 15:58

when its starts up u all will be along for the ride via photos and comments =-P

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