Finnaly broke down and started it up

[reefstarter]

MY CHILLER!!!!!! got this thing beggining of last summer and was going to set it up on my 90 gallon ( which I broke down ) ( should have kept that tank . so I came home last night to find my fish room temp over 80 and opened the window in the basement , turned on my ac . My fan was already running via my reefkeeper . the tank temp was about 80 as well . not that bad I know but since it was not that hot out and already hitting these temps I thought it time to dig the chiller out of storage clean it up , plumb it in and set the reefkeeper to control it between that and my fan it keeps the halides from heating up the tanks too much . when it hits 90-100 outside I'll need to run the ac . just wish it would stay where I programmed it when its powered down then I could have the reefkeeper do that too . anyway watch your temps . Happy reefing

 

[dz6t]

I pulled out the big AC

 

[dcforester1]

This is the worse time of year for your tank. It is not hot enough for your AC, but the tanks do heat up, especially if you are running MH. I just bought a new chiller, and it should be installed just in time for summer.

Derek

 

[JasonandSarah]

I've floated frozen water bottles on really hot days for years! I'm kinda tired of doing that so I've been looking at chillers the past couple days and so far I can't talk my self into spending that much on one. So I put my A/C in yesterday just for the tank.
Still thinking about buying one, just not sure yet.