Eheim 2215 and Hailea HC-150A

[oisterdude]

Hi Guys,

May i ask what do your think of the above pairing? Is the flowrate of the Eheim 2215 which is stated 620L/Hr sufficient for the Chiller which has a on paper flowrate of 200-1200L/Hr. I am planning to change to this for my 2ft tank as currently running 2213 which i believe is insufficient when i search through the past threads. Do Advise.

Regards
Sunny

[oisterdude]

Anyone? My tank is 2feet and i presume a eheim 2217 will be too strong if i wanna keep shrimps/mosses in it.

[foocp]

May I know how are you planning to connect your chiller OUT to your tank?
Using rainbar or lily pipe?

I'm using 2215 with lily pipe for my 2ft tank.
Water current is a bit strong but the yamato shrimps are not bothered about it.

[oisterdude]

I will be planning to connect it with a lily pipe. But also have a rainbar and would not mind to use that if it provides better circulation. My main concern is those chillers have a very wide range of acceptable flow rates and factoring in media inside the filter would 2215 be sufficient though. As searching through the archives shows threads describing how too low flowrate will affect the chiller kick in frequency.

[foocp]

I can't comment much as I'm not using Haliea chiller.
Maybe brothers with similar setup can provide some advice?

I think your setup should be fine as long as the chiller IN flowrate is in the mid range and above.

Flowrate affects the time taken to chill the water to your desired temperature.

Frequency of kick in will depend on the rate of temperature loss (eg. Ambient temperature, heat generated by lighting, filter & etc)

[foocp]

Just happen to come across a review on the Hailea HC-150A chiller.

User is using filter with flowrate of 1060L/H and 500L/H but surprisingly both results are similar!

Review of Hailea HC-150A

[williamng]

Hi

I am using 2213 with Hailea 130A. So far very good combo. I measured the flowrate after connecting chiller and it is 280l/hr. I am using external thermostat so I dont know whether it is the same

[oisterdude]

Thanks guys for the input and valuable information. On 2nd thoughts i am considering upgrading my canister to 2217 coupled with Artica 1/10HP chiller. But tank will be 600mmX450mmX450mm(120L). Reason for holding back is whether will the above setup be too strong for this tank. Taking into consideration when my house arrives next year end and planning a 3ftx2ftx2ft then so i can make use of current equipments other than tank. 2 questions here would be 1) Is the above setup too strong for the 120L tank and 2) will the chiller/Filter be sufficient for next 3ftX2ftX2ft tank. Cheers

[tcampbell]

I am running a 2215 on the same tank you are playing 610mmX450X450mm (120L). I have it hooked up with an inline heater and an inline Co2 reactor. Flow rate is great. I would expect that the 2217 would be way to strong for that tank, as I am using the 2217 on a 900X450X50mm tank with great results.
The Articia 1/10HP chiller and 2217 works great on a 3 foot tank, you will have no problems