i wouldn't waste the money on a chiller if you dont think it is necessary. i just recently installed 600watts of power (halides+T5) on my girlfriends mother's tank and we are using a cheap little clamp on 6 in fan to cool her 75gallon. it keeps it cool enough at 80. cooling through evaporation; much cheaper than a chiller. give it a try. i like to keep my tank around 78-80 degrees. good luck hope this helps.
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50 gallon reef tank. coralife 36 in 96w 10,000 k/96w actinic/ lunar lights, 40lr, 4inches ls, RemoraAquaC skimmer, closed loop flow, refugium, oscellaris clown, bluegreen reef chromis, green mandarin,turbo snails/reef crabs, sand sifting stars, corals: blue striped mushrooms, toadstool mushroom,yellowgreen cup, purple gorgonian, greenblue pipe organ, favites brain, torch, frogspawn, sebae anemone. Zissou |