Aluminum

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  1. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

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    I know your not supposed to expose any metal to your salt water aquarium but what about aluminum? Got a new idea stuck in my head.
     
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  2. kgross

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    It will corrode. I would not do it myself. Titanium, Gold, really good stainless, and a couple others will be ok, but for the most part no metal in your tank, if you want your inverts to do well.

    Kim
     
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  3. irr0001

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    what's this idea you have in mind?
     
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    it'd be a lot cheaper than a chiller!
     
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  6. mikejrice

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    Ya by a long way. Or I could just buy a mini fridge to put in my tank stand and run lines to a sump in there.
     
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    yeah i have heard of people doing that..would that be as efficient as a chiller though?
     
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    A mini fridge will not work. It does not have a large enough compressor to move enough heat.

    The least expensive chiller though is a fan blowing across the water. a gallon of water is 9800 btu's if I remember correctly.

    Kim
     
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    you could gold plate it....
     
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  10. mikejrice

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    Good idea. Ill get quote to gold plate the inside of that thing lol.
     
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