Well normal conditions my tank is right around 80-83 (due to running 800 watts of MH) My main tank is 150gallon
I bought a 90 gallon tank on craigs list and thought it would be cool to plumb the 90 downstairs and pump it upstairs for a full 240 gallon system.
I did all the plumbing and purchased this pump
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-hp-3000-gph-dirty-water-submersible-pump-with-float-93819.html
2 days later (today) i noticed my coral seemed to look fine but my large naso tang was darting back and forth obviously agitated (this is not like her).
I went down to the sump and low and behold the temp was 91 degrees!!!!!!
I cut the pump off and right now the tank is running on powerheads only. I drilled some holes in a leftover college dorm fridge I had and currently running 100 feet of 3/8 plastic pipe through it as a makeshift chiller. The only problem is the flow is way to slow to actually work if the pump was going.
Im running the makeshift chiller off this pump:
http://www.marinedepot.com/pumps_pentair_aquatics_rainbow_lifegard_quiet_one-ap.html
quite one 4000
what can i do for long term success short of buying a 400 dollar chiller?
I bought a 90 gallon tank on craigs list and thought it would be cool to plumb the 90 downstairs and pump it upstairs for a full 240 gallon system.
I did all the plumbing and purchased this pump
http://www.harborfreight.com/1-hp-3000-gph-dirty-water-submersible-pump-with-float-93819.html
2 days later (today) i noticed my coral seemed to look fine but my large naso tang was darting back and forth obviously agitated (this is not like her).
I went down to the sump and low and behold the temp was 91 degrees!!!!!!
I cut the pump off and right now the tank is running on powerheads only. I drilled some holes in a leftover college dorm fridge I had and currently running 100 feet of 3/8 plastic pipe through it as a makeshift chiller. The only problem is the flow is way to slow to actually work if the pump was going.
Im running the makeshift chiller off this pump:
http://www.marinedepot.com/pumps_pentair_aquatics_rainbow_lifegard_quiet_one-ap.html
quite one 4000
what can i do for long term success short of buying a 400 dollar chiller?