ok need some more help with lights

by **puffedupseagull** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:37 am

save up for a chiller blueshoes. A little extra coin and it takes the worry out of temps.
A cheaper alternative is to by a halide fixture of ebay, that has come from a shop or something and put an aquarium kelvin bulb in. just have to make it work with your hood. Check the link below. that is exactly what i have running. 4 of those over my tank and a double row fluro with actinics. Sorry not sure how to paste links. If you keep watching ebay they come up all the time. i paid $100 aus for 6 of them with transformers. Then bought four 14000k bulbs of ebay for 50 bucks total.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/70W-150W-DE-META ... dZViewItem

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:32 pm

aww..... so i have heard the price of chillers...... too bad i cant jus put my water in the ice box and put some cubes in it haha

by **fihsboy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:25 pm

acutally......I believe snowboss came up with a solution for that........I remember a post a while back that you could just run some hose through a refridgerator......hold your food in the fridge and bam.......chiller. You could buy a small fridge for 40-50 bucks. drill a hole run the pipe.....just an idea from the one post........redneck chiller i think? and light wise.....no matter what.....if you go with reef......your going to spend a little more.

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:40 pm

wow yeah that is pretty rednect

by **dick_headers** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:53 pm

I don't think you need a chiller blueshoes2208. I have 2 nano Koralias,
a Rio-180, and a MaxiJet 1200 (for the refugium) in a 10 Gallon reef.
I also have a 150W Outer Orbit metal halide system. My temp. is between
78-80 degrees without a chiller.
If you purchase a light system that comes with a mounting set it could hang
from the ceiling (very easy to do it, so don't be affraid). Leave about 10-12
inches between the water surface and the light.
Between set up a good quality and quiet fan. Like this one:

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~ ... TACAF.html

You can't go wrong. All the heat comes out of the light will be blown away
by this great little fan. I can send you some pictures how I did mine. BTW,
I'm sorry I just got your message from the end of July and I did not notice.

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:40 pm

I are a redneck .............lol

i plan on doing a closed loop system on the new tank and i'll be incorperating the redneck chiller on that if needed

by **blueshoes2208** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:49 am

hahaha well i think ill take the gamble on not getting the chiller to begin with and see how things go.... ye gunna git sum dat der cold box ta keep ur fish quarium cool? haha

by **dick_headers** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:56 am

Boss,

I found some great bargains on old frigidaires..Craiglist. Do you need the link?..lol..

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