ica 2.0 chiller
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lbaskball
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I bought a ICA from them (the 1.0 version) i think its a pile of garbage in my opinion. By the time the water goes through the "tube" and comes out..its back to the original temperture. If you want to cool your tank, a small fan can cool the water three times as fast and efficiently. In conclusion, I stopped using my ICA and decided to put a small fan and it did the job fast.
laddy
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Originally Posted by lbaskball
I bought a ICA from them (the 1.0 version) i think its a pile of garbage in my opinion. By the time the water goes through the "tube" and comes out..its back to the original temperture. If you want to cool your tank, a small fan can cool the water three times as fast and efficiently. In conclusion, I stopped using my ICA and decided to put a small fan and it did the job fast.
Don't know about the chiller in question, but adding a fan right in the face of the tank works wonders......you will double your evaporation though, so keep that in mind./
I bought a ICA from them (the 1.0 version) i think its a pile of garbage in my opinion. By the time the water goes through the "tube" and comes out..its back to the original temperture. If you want to cool your tank, a small fan can cool the water three times as fast and efficiently. In conclusion, I stopped using my ICA and decided to put a small fan and it did the job fast.
Don't know about the chiller in question, but adding a fan right in the face of the tank works wonders......you will double your evaporation though, so keep that in mind./
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lbaskball
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Originally Posted by B.N.G
my tank went up to 110,,so i had to give all my fish away for store credit!!!!it sucked!!!do u guys know what the measurement for my fan?maybe ill just chage it......and how much will i be spending...sorry for the late reply,,,my internet waqs cutoff...thank you for all ur comments
110? geeez....I live in Los Angeles and yes it has been pretty hot. I'm guessing you dont have A/C? And I'm also guessing that your tank is in a little room ? That can raise your tank tempertures easily.Good luck
my tank went up to 110,,so i had to give all my fish away for store credit!!!!it sucked!!!do u guys know what the measurement for my fan?maybe ill just chage it......and how much will i be spending...sorry for the late reply,,,my internet waqs cutoff...thank you for all ur comments
110? geeez....I live in Los Angeles and yes it has been pretty hot. I'm guessing you dont have A/C? And I'm also guessing that your tank is in a little room ? That can raise your tank tempertures easily.Good luck
tosiek
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sorry about bringing an old post back to life.
i'm running a jbj 24g, still in cycling and almost done, but the first week my tank temp was at around 82-86. I needed a chiller and didn;t want to spend the 350+ so i went with the ica 2.0 with the upgraded power source and fan and couldn't be happier. I modded my hood a little also, adding a 2 80mm fans, one to replace the stock one and moved it over next to the other stock fan to take out the heat off the lights and another on a switch running off a 12v 300mah power supply blowing into the tank. In the second stock fan position i placed the ica. running just the ica my temps dropped from 84-86 during the day to around 74 (ALOT more than they said it would) and at night it blow under 74 with the fan i have blowing on the water + the ica.
Anyways. Keeping it at 78 atm constant with the heater and just the ica which is a huge difference from having it go from 82 to 86 throughout the day.
i'm running a jbj 24g, still in cycling and almost done, but the first week my tank temp was at around 82-86. I needed a chiller and didn;t want to spend the 350+ so i went with the ica 2.0 with the upgraded power source and fan and couldn't be happier. I modded my hood a little also, adding a 2 80mm fans, one to replace the stock one and moved it over next to the other stock fan to take out the heat off the lights and another on a switch running off a 12v 300mah power supply blowing into the tank. In the second stock fan position i placed the ica. running just the ica my temps dropped from 84-86 during the day to around 74 (ALOT more than they said it would) and at night it blow under 74 with the fan i have blowing on the water + the ica.
Anyways. Keeping it at 78 atm constant with the heater and just the ica which is a huge difference from having it go from 82 to 86 throughout the day.
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lbaskball
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Originally Posted by Tosiek
sorry about bringing an old post back to life.
i'm running a jbj 24g, still in cycling and almost done, but the first week my tank temp was at around 82-86. I needed a chiller and didn;t want to spend the 350+ so i went with the ica 2.0 with the upgraded power source and fan and couldn't be happier. I modded my hood a little also, adding a 2 80mm fans, one to replace the stock one and moved it over next to the other stock fan to take out the heat off the lights and another on a switch running off a 12v 300mah power supply blowing into the tank. In the second stock fan position i placed the ica. running just the ica my temps dropped from 84-86 during the day to around 74 (ALOT more than they said it would) and at night it blow under 74 with the fan i have blowing on the water + the ica.
Anyways. Keeping it at 78 atm constant with the heater and just the ica which is a huge difference from having it go from 82 to 86 throughout the day.
I think your fans helped to bring yoru temp. down more then the ICA did. I dont know how good the ICA 2.0 version is,but all I know is that I wouldnt recommend the ICA 1.0 to anyone. It never brought my tempertures down. I had to use a fan along with it.
sorry about bringing an old post back to life.
i'm running a jbj 24g, still in cycling and almost done, but the first week my tank temp was at around 82-86. I needed a chiller and didn;t want to spend the 350+ so i went with the ica 2.0 with the upgraded power source and fan and couldn't be happier. I modded my hood a little also, adding a 2 80mm fans, one to replace the stock one and moved it over next to the other stock fan to take out the heat off the lights and another on a switch running off a 12v 300mah power supply blowing into the tank. In the second stock fan position i placed the ica. running just the ica my temps dropped from 84-86 during the day to around 74 (ALOT more than they said it would) and at night it blow under 74 with the fan i have blowing on the water + the ica.
Anyways. Keeping it at 78 atm constant with the heater and just the ica which is a huge difference from having it go from 82 to 86 throughout the day.
I think your fans helped to bring yoru temp. down more then the ICA did. I dont know how good the ICA 2.0 version is,but all I know is that I wouldnt recommend the ICA 1.0 to anyone. It never brought my tempertures down. I had to use a fan along with it.