Pumping Height Question

[LoneStar]

Its cool. I'm sure if I had the doors on there it would get pretty hot in there. Its just so much easier to get to things when those terrible sliding doors are removed. :lol

[NaCl_H2O]

What size chiller? If more than a 1/3hp it is gonna act like a room heater! Just remember, every bit of heat removed from your tank water is converted to hot air blowing out the back of the chiller. It is nothing more than a heat exchanger - cooler water = hotter air ... the energy has to go somewhere.

[LoneStar]

1/10hp No worse than two desktop computers w/ monitors I use to have running in the room. I don't use those anymore and just work on the laptop now.

[GaryP]

Just remember that your piping is going to develop calcium carbonate scale over time. That roughens the surface and increases friction, as well as decreases the tubing diameter so your flow will actually decrease with time. That's another reason I like Tygon over PVC. I can just pinch the tubing with my fingers and the scale comes off and I can catch it in a fish net. Its hard to squeeze PVC with your fingers. Besides, if you ever want to re-do your plumbing, or clean it, or move the tank, its just a matter of undoing a few hose clamps as opposed to cutting up PVC with a hack saw.

I moved my tanks 3 times in 14 months. Believe me, been there, done that.