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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

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    Actually for me the main problem with fan cooling isn't the noise..it's the evaporation.

    It was pretty brutal on my 3ft tank when I was fan cooling it, it dropped temps from 30C maximum to 27C maximum, but i was topping up about 25L of water every 3 - 4 days, and it was leaving seriously stubborn water stains along the water line.

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    I think the fan still lacking that 1 to 2 degree celcius, so now i move all the shrimp tanks into a smaller room & turn on the air condition 24 hours! Damage is $170 extra in electric bill per month. Oh, i have them in the living room before & turn on aircon set at 29 degree C plus fan for all tanks to bring down to 25 degree C. Now i think easier in the smaller room, i leave the air con on auto & the temperature seems more constant at 23 to 25 degree & less water evaporations!

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    with extra $170 a month, it better of with chiller. How big is your tank by the way?
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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    haha...2x 2feet, 1x1.5feet, 1xnano, 2x 4feet(setting up this week) & the rest are in the living room. Chiller cannot chill so many at one time & chiller tank got a lot of moist water outside of tank & creates heat in your living space as well. I quit smoking for the extra electricity bill! And quit drinking for this hobby! Worth it!!!

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    which so many tank, aircon probably cheaper ...
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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    So can I say for a 2ft setup with eheim 2215, hailea HC100 or ReSun 280 is adequate?

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by jssl View Post
    So can I say for a 2ft setup with eheim 2215, hailea HC100 or ReSun 280 is adequate?
    Go for resun cl280 in case u may wanna upgrade to bigger tank. small chiller also a bit hard to sell it off as most people use chiller for bigger tanks.

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by jssl View Post
    So can I say for a 2ft setup with eheim 2215, hailea HC100 or ReSun 280 is adequate?
    I would recommend going with the Hailea HC-150A instead of the HC-100 or CL-280.
    I've had better experiences with Hailea than Resun personally.

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    Its true that Cooling fan can only bring down the temperature 3 to 4 degree celsius. I guessed it all boils down to the ambient temperature and humidity.
    Surprising, once I off my cooling fan, the temperature went up to 32 degree celsius again. It must be due to my 2215 cos ambient temperature don't think is 32 degree celsius.

    Anybody got idea how much is Hailea HC150A?

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by bigfthing View Post
    I quit smoking for the extra electricity bill! And quit drinking for this hobby! Worth it!!!
    i already quit drinking for this hobby. haha. about the smoking part, once a smoker always a smoker.

    i'm now running my resun cl450 on 2 numbers of 2x1x1 feet tank. soon will link another tank together. insulation tube and Styrofoam board to prevent further heat gain.
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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by eviltrain View Post
    i already quit drinking for this hobby. haha. about the smoking part, once a smoker always a smoker.

    i'm now running my resun cl450 on 2 numbers of 2x1x1 feet tank. soon will link another tank together. insulation tube and Styrofoam board to prevent further heat gain.
    Quitting to drink is easier then to quit smoking.
    My smoking with my current job is 1\2 as much as it used to be.

    This is very mental question, Fan VS Aircon.
    I think vinz has more or less said all.

    It all boils down to, Budget=fan no budget=aircon/chiller.
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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    yapz i agree, but i do cut down on smoking when i'm busy messing with my tank or tying fissden or other mosses.
    3 hours on net at night = 3-4 sticks
    3 hours on my shrimp tank = 1-2 sticks
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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by eviltrain View Post
    yapz i agree, but i do cut down on smoking when i'm busy messing with my tank or tying fissden or other mosses.
    3 hours on net at night = 3-4 sticks
    3 hours on my shrimp tank = 1-2 sticks
    hahaha
    That means you are bored that's why smokes. Tie more fissden or moss. Once your mind is occupied you will forget about smoking in no time.

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by jssl View Post
    Its true that Cooling fan can only bring down the temperature 3 to 4 degree celsius. I guessed it all boils down to the ambient temperature and humidity.
    Surprising, once I off my cooling fan, the temperature went up to 32 degree celsius again. It must be due to my 2215 cos ambient temperature don't think is 32 degree celsius.

    Anybody got idea how much is Hailea HC150A?
    290 from the lfs at thomson, not sure about others.

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by jssl View Post
    Just bought a cooling fan (brand - Water Plant) for my 2ft tank. To my surprise, temperature dropped about 3 degree Celsius within 4 hours.
    The only setback is the wind noise. The fan motor itself is quiet enough.
    Anybody can suggest how to reduce the wind noise?
    hello

    May i know where you buy your fan and how much huh?..drop 3 degree seem quite effective..may i also know how you place your fan?
    Thank

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    how i wish singapore is at the other side of the world... they buy heater which cost 30 we buy chiller for300plus.....

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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Anyone has experience with a blower instead of a fan? If you do not know what I'm talking about, think car/bus fan elongated blower, I've seen folks in USA and Europe DIYing them for their tanks... wonder if we can find them here?
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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    Quote Originally Posted by chumzhujun View Post
    how i wish singapore is at the other side of the world... they buy heater which cost 30 we buy chiller for300plus.....
    you wont said that if you know how much flora and fauna cost over there
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    Re: Can a cooling fan really cool your tank?

    My experience is the fan works.
    My living room is airy. I always have my windows ajar.
    I don't have air conditioning in my living room.
    With the fan, even on regular day time my water temperature can go down to 26-27 celsius.
    It's about 2-3 degrees drop.
    I run the fan 24/7 minus a 15 minutes rest on each knock on the hour hand.
    So yes it works.
    BTW fan doesn't blow the water to cool it.
    It is accelerating the rate of water evaporation.
    Evaporation draws heat out from the liquid.
    I had to top up water almost every other day with 5 litres into the aquarium.

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