Chiller

[yellowpebble]

What would the best flow rate for a 200L tank be when i'm choosing a chiller?

I have a filter pumping at 1000L/h which is the correct flow rate, is it different for a chiller?

I will not be running my chiller through the filter, so would it be ok to have both a chiller and a filter pumping at 1000L/h or is that too much?

thanks dooooodes

 

[Aimzs Lotties]

Why don't you want to run them together? I always thought the whole outflow to intake thing was exciting!

Sorry I can't be of more help on the issue..

 

[yellowpebble]

I dont have the right type of filter

 

[MereB]

I dont have the right type of filter

Chillers work the same as filters as far as flow rates go but it's more of a 'ability to chill this much water by this many degrees per hour' kind of thing.
NOW the awful part. To the absolute best of my knowledge there aren't any chillers on the market that have a filter or even a pump built into them. They need a filter to pump the water out of the tank through the chiller and back into the tank again and to the absolute best of my knowledge, again, the only filters that will let you do this are external canisters
You will lose a little flow with the chiller in line but not too much so a 1000l/h filter will be fine.

Guppies aquarium products are the cheapest I've found for both these items. My 2000l/h canister set me back $120 including the $30 postage to WA from their QLD base. Their chillers are quite reasonable too compared to stores around here. A simple google search will bring their web address up for you I'm sure.

This will be my first summer with the new big tank and I'm hoping the almost 700L's of water will be enough of a buffer that I won't need to buy a chiller as well.

 

[helobed]

I have a teco chiller i got off ebay I while ago. Mine's linked to a 700L hr power-head pump (for a 3ft tank) which, new, only costs about $60 i think... but i remember all the tubing to fit it out was pretty expensive.

With chillers you need to attach a tube going from the outflow of a powerhead pump to the intake pipe on the chiller, and then annother pipe going from the chiller's outtake pipe to the tank.

The powerhead does all the 'work' pushing the water through, so it looses a fair bit of force on the way through especially if you have lots of right angle bends (at least that's what i find)

 

[yellowpebble]

I know, i have a powerhead to make it work allready, the plan is to have my internal filter, and the chiller working at the same time. The chiller will be hooked up to the powerhead. The powerhead pumps 1000L an hour and was only $20 online.

 

[Boo Penguin]

Hi Yellow

Best thing to do would be to pick up a cheap external canister filter from ebay and use that to run your chiller through... and also run your regular filter as normal for filtration purposes.

Just out of interest where are you getting you chiller from and how much is it... I am also in the market for a chiller but my budget is quite small.

 

[yellowpebble]

ebay has been the cheapest for me, i picked up one that exceeds my requirements for a 4 foot tank for $400. If you have a small tank you can pick up one around the $120 mark. They are not cheap

Guppy’s Aquarium Products Online

is meant to be the cheapest around, but second hand on ebay is good too.

 

[lea]

I got 1 of my chillers from ebay and the other from the weekend shopper for a really good price. I got my filter(1500lt per hour)(the 1 for my 5ft tank) from guppys and I only paid $86 delivered and it has been working wonderfully. I did have to do a reno on the spray bar.