Chill solutions thermoelectric aquarium chiller

[Rizzle30]

I just picked up a chill solutions thermoelectric aquarium chiller and installed it lon my 15 gallon tank last night. I'm not sure if its not working properly or if it needs more time to cool the water.

The fan is running on it but I can't see or feel any water in the tubing when I touch it. So I'm not sure if water it flowing through it.

Is there any way to know for sure?

I'm going to wait 24 hours as suggested by the manufacturer to see if the temp starts dropping.

Any insights or personal experience with this product would be greatly appreciated.

 

[T-J]

Uhm, did you attach a pump to it?

 

[Rizzle30]

Yes its attached to the U barb inside the aquarium.

 

[Rizzle30]

I did read something about keeping the chill solutions thermoelectric chiller 24 inches away from the tank or less and I believe i set mine a little further away than that. I ordered a small stand to put next to the aquarium and plan on shortening the distance once the stand arrives.

Could this be preventing it from working properly.?

 

[T-J]

I did read something about keeping the chill solutions thermoelectric chiller 24 inches away from the tank or less and I believe i set mine a little further away than that. I ordered a small stand to put next to the aquarium and plan on shortening the distance once the stand arrives.

Could this be preventing it from working properly.?

If flow is the issue, then it's your pump, not the chiller. You said you don't know if water is flowing through. The easiest thing to do is to see if it's coming out of the tube back into your tank. Unless I'm reading your problem incorrectly.

 

[Rizzle30]

Yes, that is my issue. I got the pump kit directly from the manufacturer and I can hear the noise from the pump, that doesn't mean I didn't get a defective one though.

I also have a temperature controller hooked up to a heater and the chill solutions chiller. There are 2 power supply cords one on the chiller itself and the pump as well.

I only have one cooling outlet on my temperature controller and assumed i should plug the chiller power supply cord in that and plug the pump into another available outlet?

Maybe I did this the wrong way?

 

[Rizzle30]

Just checked and there no water flowing back in the tank.

 

[Rizzle30]

So either I need to adjust the height of the chiller closer to the pump or switch out the chiller and pump power supply cords on my temperature controller. If neither of those work I probably got a faulty pump.

 

[reefiniteasy]

Just checked and there no water flowing back in the tank.

check out my thread.


Thread 'Chill Solutions CSXC-1 Unboxing and Installation'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/chill-solutions-csxc-1-unboxing-and-installation.600687/

Ditch that pump and get a good Sicce Syncra Nano pump, that’s what I used when the Rio died. When water is flowing through the chiller it’ll take 24 hours to do it’s thing. You also want to mount it right next to the tank.

 

[Rizzle30]

Hello, thank you for your advice. I knew i would probably need to put in closer to the tank. I do have the mounting bracket but was hesitant to put holes in my wall so am waiting for a 30 inch high 12"12" stand to arrive that i ordered so that i can keep it on right next to the tank.

I have read Sicce pumps are better before. Can you provide the model number i should get?

Is it one of these in the pictures?

 

[reefiniteasy]

Hello, thank you for your advice. I knew i would probably need to put in closer to the tank. I do have the mounting bracket but was hesitant to put holes in my wall so am waiting for a 30 inch high 12"12" stand to arrive that i ordered so that i can keep it on right next to the tank.

I have read Sicce pumps are better before. Can you provide the model number i should get?

Is it one of these in the pictures?

The nano one. The second picture. I also used the little elbow from the Rio with the Sicce.

 

[Rizzle30]

Great! Thank you for your help!!

 

[Rizzle30]

I got my chill solutions thermoelectric chiller up and running last night. I am using a Sicce nano pump per recommend by reefiniteasy. Seems to be a much higher quality pump and is not loud at all.

Before I installed the chiller my 15 gallon tanks temperature was at 82.5 degrees. This morning when I woke up it had dropped to 75.6 degrees. Absolutely amazing!

I did a water change around 5pm today and the temperature went back to 80 degrees and has since only came down to 79 degrees in about 4 hours.

Hoping it keeps going down over night again. I have no idea why the temperature spoked and hasn't dropped significantly again yet?

Does anyone know what might cause this and should the chiller be bringing the temperature down faster then 1 degree in 4 hours?

I'm planning on this being a seahorse tank so temperature control is very important.

If I'm over looking something please let me know?

Thanks!

 

[reefiniteasy]

What was the temp of the water you used for a water change?

 

[Rizzle30]

It was sitting in my porch which isn't temperature controlled so I'm not surprised in the sudden spike in temperature.

I'm just not sure why its taking so long for the tank temperatures to drop back down.

This morning tank temperature is 77.4 degrees so its dropping an additional 1.6 degrees since last night but no where near as much as it did the first night it was set up.

I'm not sure why its taking longer to cool down.

In the future, expecting with this tank ill be moving my premade salt water to my cool temperature controlled basement so it starts off cooler when I add it.

 

[reefiniteasy]

The temperature will drop again to what you want. In my experience the chiller is good at keeping the temp where you have it set but takes awhile to get there. Your fresh salt water needs to be at 75 so you don’t get that spike.

 

[Rizzle30]

That makes sense. About how long does it take to drop.to desired temperature?

About 24 hours?

 

[Rizzle30]

I was able to get it to.75.6 when I first set it up. Ideally I'd like to get it to between72 -.74 degrees but I'm not sure how realistic that is?

I think I read that on a 10 gallon you can cool down the tank by 10 degrees. Since I have a 15 gallon I would think i could expect to cool my tank around 6-7 degrees.

 

[KStatefan]

I was able to get it to.75.6 when I first set it up. Ideally I'd like to get it to between72 -.74 degrees but I'm not sure how realistic that is?

I think I read that on a 10 gallon you can cool down the tank by 10 degrees. Since I have a 15 gallon I would think i could expect to cool my tank around 6-7 degrees.

The is going to be determined by the air temp in your house. Turn your AC temp down and it will get cooler.