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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Tank chiller for Red sea max ? Thread starter kementer Start date Apr 16, Location Queens NY. Hi I notice i need a chiller since the weather get nice and hot my living room get hot so i definetly need a chiller. What do you guys recommend for Red sea 65 gal SW tank? But will love to place it in cabinet if possible any recommendations what size and company? Does it matter name of company or does it make a difference?.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone Mike. Location East Stroudsburg, PA. Works great. You'll see it in my RSM thread.
Cris Advanced Reefer Manhattan Reefs. Chiller runs for about 15 minutes every couple of hours. Temps are stable and all seems like its running smooth Hope that helps.
Teco make a chiller with built in UV system. I think you should research the correct sizing and water flow for the UV sterilizer before proceeding.
Big difference in how a UV sterilizer performs depending on the flow rate. I don't think it really matters if the UV sterilizer or the chiller is inline first but you do need to make sure the chillers flow rate is in the range of what you determine to be the correct flow rate for the UV sterilizer. For example, my 8 watt AquaUV is rated for reef tanks up to 70 gallons with a flow rate between GPH rated at the end of the bulbs 14 month lifespan. However my chiller was only rated up to GPH.
And the same 8-watt unit is rated for freshwater tanks up to gallons.. If your UV sterilizer doesn't have a sizing chart like the one I copied below page 7 I'd contact them to find out. Daveyjones said:. Click to expand Thanks Daveyjones. The set-up I have now is I connect the pump 2 to the chiller but not added the UV yet, I am still looking for the taps that I will put for maintenance.
What bothers me is that maybe the water is not cycling x from display to the filtration chambers at the back. Will this be fine? Also, you mention that you add MP10 is it sufficient or are you having problems with it?
Thanks for the info. I originally had it plumbed into the right side return pump but was struggling to get the flow right. I decided to put in a separate small pump into the rear chamber and just use that for the UV and the chiller. This enables me to control the flow rate through the chiller and UV. I have it so it goes out through the rear of the tank through the proper connector on the right side of the tank but I have the return coming back into the left side of the tank into the rear chamber.
I think it is a stupid design to take the water out of the right chamber and return it to the exact same place. I am using a Halea chiller which is probably a bit under powered but it was a left over from my RSM - It does the job though. I installed it a few months ago and cant remember the exact flow rate but I installed it with a tap etc to control the flow and also to make it easier for servicing.
I did the flow rate by simply running the pump and letting the return flow into a measuring jug. It took me a few goes to do it and to calculate how many litres per hour etc.
I found this more accurate than trusting what the pump said it was suppose to do. I have also added an MP Because I was not losing any flow from either of the original RSM pumps I thought the mp10 would be sufficient.
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