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DIY Chiller or spend the money for a store bought one?

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I just drilled holes in the side of the fridge lol scratched my head for a while trying to figure out where to and where not to drill
 
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Amazing! If you ever wanted to go colder I bet adding longer hoses to the filter and wrapping most of the hose inside the fridge could drop another few degrees
 
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Ya im looking into improvements dose anybody know about dry ice in a mini fridge how long it last and doses it add a lot of co2 to the surrounding environment or a tub of water stored in the fridge with a slow flow and insulating the lines and sides and back of the tank
 
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Shivermetim said:
Ya im looking into improvements dose anybody know about dry ice in a mini fridge how long it last and doses it add a lot of co2 to the surrounding environment or a tub of water stored in the fridge with a slow flow and insulating the lines and sides and back of the tank
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I'm not sure about all of that but I'm sure just tossing a bunch of ice packs in there would do well.
 
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Oh it works and you don't have to change out as often as if you were floating them and less temp change but I want more of a no touch necessary and I really want to be 50 to 55 range so more work necessary I might break down and just buy a chiller but wow lot of money but for pinky and the brain I have lost my mind I guess I can't expect them to take over the world if there sitting under the ac sitting in a ice bucket with a hand fan sweating and giving me the evil eye
 
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Shivermetim said:
Oh it works and you don't have to change out as often as if you were floating them and less temp change but I want more of a no touch necessary and I really want to be 50 to 55 range so more work necessary I might break down and just buy a chiller but wow lot of money but for pinky and the brain I have lost my mind I guess I can't expect them to take over the world if there sitting under the ac sitting in a ice bucket with a hand fan sweating and giving me the evil eye
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Most people with chillers don't run it that low, I'm sure the axolotls would be happier in the low 60's.
 
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Shivermetim said:
Oh it works and you don't have to change out as often as if you were floating them and less temp change but I want more of a no touch necessary and I really want to be 50 to 55 range so more work necessary I might break down and just buy a chiller but wow lot of money but for pinky and the brain I have lost my mind I guess I can't expect them to take over the world if there sitting under the ac sitting in a ice bucket with a hand fan sweating and giving me the evil eye
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I currently run 2 tanks on chillers and neither of them are set that low because when the weather is hot they would be on constantly. They throw off a LOT of heat when they're running and it becomes a vicious circle. If you're current set-up is working I would stick with that. Not only are chillers expensive but one of mine is only 3 years old and I've already had to buy replacement parts.
 
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Humm well ok so 60 to 65 would be a better target range then im also thinking about a window ac or portable ac should be easier and cheaper its a small room just a lot of electronic devices if air temp is 65 then with the fridge and fan tank should be no sweat what is the normal set temp for people that use chillers and doses anyone use combination of fridge chiller ext. Im thinking make a box packed with Styrofoam as a cold water reservoir
 
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Lol ya there happy and healthy as far as I can tell really just worry about them they are sitting at 67 and max I see on the hottest day was 69-70degrees took this picture at time of post brain says sup
 

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Lol ya there happy and healthy as far as I can tell really just worry about them they are sitting at 67 and max I see on the hottest day was 69-70degrees took this picture at time of post brain says sup
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What an awesome axolotl! 67 is good. Do you have fans on it? Mine just has a fan and sits under an ac vent with an ac deflector on it pushing the ac down into my tank, keeps it at 62-64
 
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Thanks jonjey yup a fan and few other things I just want to keep them looking awesome
 
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