Searching for an aquarium cooler

[littlehermit0]

I've been searching for a strong chiller on the internet but I can't find any good ones, and no I'm not talking About some small aquarium cooling, the tank that I have needs about 16c when I'll be on vacation for a month, does somebody know if this will good enough to maintain the water at at least 19c? (I have 18 liters btw)

those PC fans seem to work well I've seen one literally making ice, and that's what I need

or maybe this one? Looks much stronger but wait @Nano man I think I remember you posting a photo of the exact same chiller, how good is it? In what size tank do you use it?

this one seems good too but...

dont really understand how this works

 

[FUNGI]

how big is your tank?

 

[littlehermit0]

how big is your tank?

18 liters like I said

 

[FUNGI]

Then yes, a peltier device would help you....

 

[Formulator]

I’m curious what are you keeping that cold and how do you normally do that, vacation or not? 19C is 66F for us odd Americans…

 

[aztoza]

Following

 

[FUNGI]

hopefully not body parts.......

 

[TokenReefer]

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[littlehermit0]

I’m curious what are you keeping that cold and how do you normally do that, vacation or not? 19C is 66F for us odd Americans…

What i keep is basically a mini Atlantic ocean

so could someone please tell me if this chiller will be good enough it's an emergency

 

[Naekuh]

I have a strong aversion to any metal inside my tank except titanium, stainless 316, or straight up gold.

Alu would make me cringe especially with a iron or some metal typically found inside a pump impeller magnet.

If i had to use that tec chiller I would run the cold side through ss 316 brake line, and have that portion submerged instead of running tank water directly.

My advice is to buy a cheap 1/10hp chiller with titanium coil inside, like a baoshaun or a profomax.

It's the safest route and a gaurentee to achieve what your aiming for.

 

[Formulator]

You could set up the peltier chiller you found with a closed system in a 5 gallon bucket with water and create a big loop with flexible tubing coiled up in the sump if you have one. Run the chiller as cold as it will go and connect to a temp controller that will turn the pump on when need to cool down the tank. The flexible tubing won’t conduct as well as using 316 stainless, but much easier and faster to assemble, and I suspect would do the job with a big enough coil in the sump.