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    My girl's 1 ft nano cube

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    I dislike having protruding lightset leh.... hmmmmm.......

    maybe I will get the 1 ft T5 and if they are not strong enough, will ask Sherman to DIY a LED using that casing ....devil.gif

    Nice. Do let me know if that is successful, i will be keen in this modification. If price is right i do not mind joining you :)

    1st 1ft cube

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    singapore weather iceprobe dun need to use temperature controller..my iceprobe running without controller cannot even get the water below 28 deg. so Jacky,save the $ on the controller if u wan to get an iceprobe. Whq..great to see at one of yr sps still doing fine..keep up the gd work!

    Thanks bro, hopefully they can be maintained in the long run. Yup Jacky save the $100 dollars on other stuff :) I almost made that mistake lol.

    1st 1ft cube

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    TEM based chillers are not really efficient, though they take up less space. By looking at your setup, the iceprobe should fit with some mod to your hang-on filter.

    Agreed it is not the best alternatives. For my case, the TEM chiller works well even with recent hot temperature my tank can stabilized around 28C on average and going up to 29C in hot noon and down to 27C at night. Though fan can cool my tank down to 26-27C on a hot afternoon , the daily water top-up is too drastic for my nano tank. Not the best setup but think it is sustainable. Will observed a few more weeks before i update :)

    1st 1ft cube

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Hey bro whq, regarding your questions above:

    I know nuts about SPS....

    For gonio, I do realise that it is rather sensitive to water parameters, temp, light, and wave movements. Would advise u to swop it if you wanna play safe.

    For Carbon, I am ordering in the Rox 8.0 high grade carbon from Peter's bulk order. you require prob 2 tablespoon only for your tank size for a fortnight. You might want to share with me if keen. Pls PM me hor.

    Otherwise, I have recently tried Pura complete. Its a mixture of carbon and phosphate remover. quite good imo.

    Thanks bro, will heed ur advice. Will take out the goniopora soon, as find it too big when it is fully open. Trying to get a frogspawn from another bro to replace it. As for the carbon, will pm u to find out more abt it. Thanks for offering too

    1st 1ft cube

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    very nice bro! ice-probe = > great investment!

    Thanks bro, I agree. Though it might not have strong chilling capacity like compressor based ones. Right now very happy with it's performance:)

    But can any bro advise if the sps (bleached) affected by the heat wave recover to it's normal state? Also if the flowerpots coral (goniopora. Spp) is suitable for nano (thought it was the alveo. Spp). The one I have can't be frag and afraid it might overun my tank. If it is bad am thinking of swapping it for a frogspawn if it is suitable. I also have activated carbon (small granulated ones) in my hob as my chemical filter, is there brand that is particularly reliable? Am using the $1 per pack and planning to change it monthly. Thanks! Sorry for asking so much question.

    1st 1ft cube

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    Some updates:)

    Upgraded my fan to a iceprobe as suggested by quite a few bro. Quite happy as it manage to maintain temperature within 28-29c with little evaporation.

    FTS

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    One of my SPS affected by the drastic temp fluctuation and was bleached. But re-adjusted its location and changed to iceprobe, it seems to recover abit (though it still look bleached, will it get back to the initiate coloration?)

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    The other SPS seems to be healthy and growth was observed (SPS thicken with new polyp started to form)

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    Here are some other random shot

    Flowerpot coral

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    My mushrooms

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    Purchase of iceprobe

    in Product Reviews

    Posted

    Thanks Bro ACCK,

    Yup, I did consider that before. Think one of the bro is selling it. PMed but no reply. Do you have the rough footprint of the chiller? Cannot find any details on it from the Teco site (as they have remove it from production). Hoping the bro will get back to me soon as i am urgently looking at getting a chiller. Thanks again!

    Purchase of iceprobe

    in Product Reviews

    Posted

    hey bro whq, hope my inputs help. just drop me a message anytime.

    yes RD sells them, as of last week they still do have some stocks, easily about 4 i think. again key points to note IMO :

    1) 2 degrees is what to expect as typical, 4 degrees is possible. depends on your tank size, and your ambient temperature. your nano size should be ok.

    2) one thing to note is I hardly saw the impact of using this almost 24/7 in the PUB bills :idea:

    3) i'd opt for HOB installation (which is what i did) than bulkhead. it is easier to cool a small volume of water with some decent flowrate than trying to cool the whole tank volume. with some added media in the HOB (like biopellets), also helps to maintain the cool temperature eventually.

    4) it is quiet ... not whisper quiet, but yes quiet, otherwise my GF will complain :argue: . i hear the waves on the surface trickling more than the fan noise.

    5) the green LED at the back acts as a moonlight for the tank (hehe, yup, GREEN !) i don't have any moonlight anyway, so there you go ... :yahoo:

    6) easy maintenance - once a week, i'd clean the HOB. just unplug, and bring the whole thing to wash.

    for now, i have it turned off during aircon days / nights, planning to get a timer for this. i don't have the temp controller. coz if i don't, i've measured the tank to go down as much as 23-24 deg ... waaay too cold. other than the aircon cooling the water, the heatsink gets cooler as well, thus i get more effective heat exchange between it and the chip.

    overall, for me the ice probe is - :groupwavereversed::thumbsup:

    Thank you for your detail explanation. Been searching high and low for this kind of product review.

    Oh, I sold mine less than half year usage... forgot which bro bought it from me (all my pm's gone during forum upgrade).. + delivery to him... Hihi...

    I installed it in my DIY sump cabinet.. resulted over heat cabinet issue, I have to open the cabinet door all the time... not very presentable... Therefore, I decide to let go... Haha.. think back.. During Nano tank... I tried fan, ice cube, ice probe, DIY's... end up still chiller the best.....

    for TEC degradation.. as My previous work place used lots of Peltier cooler for cooling tester purposes.. same fundamental as IceProbe....I realize we need to replace them every one or two years....therefore, I believe the design integration not really durable yet... And further more we are in air-con environment.. expected dryer.... imagine, uses it at home.. higher humidity with TEC Cold and Heat thermal shock lead more condensation.... become another issue to handle in electronic circuit in long term usage.......

    base on the cooling capability Vs cost.. you need to decide which one to choice... Just my opinion....

    The best, consult ReefDepot for their opinion... above just share my personal experience.....

    Pls find here web link on how Peltier works...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric_cooling

    Cheers and Happy reefing....

    Thanks bro. This is something interesting to note. Definitely information from people in peltier technology will know. For my case, think chiller may be impossible, so have to fall back on iceprobe.

    Hi,

    Manage to find some review on US Marinedepot user review on IceProbe... The total score only Average (3 star).. You may review the user feedback on good and Bad about this product..... Hope this help....Cheers...

    http://www.marinedepot.com/CoolWorks_Ice_Probe_with_Power_Supply_Micro_Nano_Aquarium_Chillers-CoolWorks-CW1111-FICHMC-4-vi.html

    Bro thanks for all the reviews. Though there is good and bad reviews, this really highlight to me that whether it work anot really depend on my location and environment. Guess i will go ahead and try it :)

    Thanks all bro that contribute, be it in PM or in this thread. Really learn alot. Thanks again!

    Purchase of iceprobe

    in Product Reviews

    Posted

    Hai,

    Before decided... you may need to check....

    What is your water volume? Pls find below the cooling capacity ability chart....

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    Where do you locate your iceprobe? (Advice keep them in smoother flow area, Do not install them in cabinet, you will end up increase cooling time due to heat dissipate from ice probe.Cause in general, the other side of iceprobe are very hot..They need adequate ventilation to perform good job)

    How you mount it? (better if your have 1.25inch hole beside your tank, in order to fully ultilies cooling capacity)

    What is your cooling expectation?

    If say your tank volume ~20Gallons. and T5/PL lights and one return pump + wave maker.. with one ice probe your max cooling capacity ~2 degree only...

    And I found thermal electric device degraded fast long run.... So just FYI......

    Below is the Working Manual for Coolworks Iceprobe.... I get mine previously from ReefDepot...

    IPAC-50Manual10-28-03.pdf

    But after all, I found for small tank resun280 is the better approach and cheaper to me... Just my opinion :)

    Cheers.....

    Really appreciate your information bro. Forget to add in more background details of my tank. I am using a 1ft cube tank (probably around <7 gallon after adding live rock and 2" sand bed) with 32w T5 lighting and wavemaker running. If I am getting the iceprobe, my plan is to mount it onto a hang on filter. Here is a link to my thread

    Was advice by a couple of nice bro on getting iceprobe, so trying to get a second hand but tough :) Therefore thinking of getting a new one. Thanks

    I agree with getting resun280 (i wish i could, family grumbling - plans to make is it as small as possible), but footprint of the chiller is too big for my location. Mind if you could elaborate on TEC degrading, anything happen to your iceprobe?

    Purchase of iceprobe

    in Product Reviews

    Posted

    Reef Depot sells them. Can call to check if they have stock.

    Thanks bro, will give them a call.

    poomoon uses it. you might want to drop him a pm if you requires any feedback too before purchasing :)

    Thanks bro, will drop him a pm for his advice.

    1st 1ft cube

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    The Sps looks fairly okay for now but if your temp swing is very high, they might not take it... Will tell 1 month down the road... The lighting is T5? haven heard of 16w lighting before unless it is FL tubes... You might wanna change to LED?

    Thanks Terryz,

    Temp swing is very minor in my tank maybe from 27-28.5c max. Only worry was the constant water topup guess this is not too good for my tank. Thinking of iceprobe or the dolphin mini chiller (anyone use this before? any comments? price is more affordable for a non-compressor chiller comparing to iceprobe, but not so sure about efficiency). Yup 16w T5 lighting from aquazonic for 1.5ft is in the market, is it still neccessary for LED?

    Thanks. Really appreciate all these question, really help me in improving. Keep it coming :)

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