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An aquarium chiller is the best option for maintaining temperature
consistency, therefore lowering the stress in your tank. It really
helps to prevent the growth and spread of disease and algae in
your fish tank. Without an aquarium chiller, maintaining that
optimal tank temperature in the summer months can be a real challenge.
Aquarium chillers are are very low maintainence and an item that
once purchased should give you years and years of service. They
will be a great help in keeping your marine life happy, and healthy
in those hot summer months.
WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL AQUARIUM
CHILLER SIZE?
We highly recommend that you get an aquarium chiller that
is more powerful than recommended. This is because as you go
from the less powerful to more powerful aquarium chillers the
price does not increase much while the capability increases greatly.
This will increase the longevity of the unit, save electric cost,
and will decrease the amount of noise generated by the aquarium
chiller.
WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL AQUARIUM
TEMPERATURE?
Corals come from a variety of ocean enviroments where the
temperature ranges from the low seventies to the low nineties.
Ideally, you would stick to corals from a single environment
and maintain your tank at the normal temperature for that environment.
However, since most reef aquariums have a variety of corals from
different marine environments, sticking to the 76-80 degree range
is a safe choice.
HOW DO AQUARIUM CHILLERS
WORK?
An aquarium chiller operates on the same principles as a refrigerator
or air conditioner. There is a thermostat control unit on all
chillers which allows you to set the optimum temperaturefor your
water to be at. The workings are based on principles of gas expansion
and contraction. A refrigeration gas, such as freon, is compressed,
which results in a loss of termperature. This compressed gas
flows through the heat exchanger where it picks up heat from
the aquarium water being pumped through the heat exchanger. The
gas carries the heat back to the compressor, but on the way encounters
the expansion valve, which allows pressure to drop suddenly.
As the pressure drops, the gas gives up heat to a radiator, which
dispels the heat into the surrounding air with the aid of a fan.
Hence, the water returning to the aquarium will be at a lower
temperature then when it entered the unit. |
