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I tried to organise a return and when I did so the lfs staff asked me some technical questions (as requested by the company oz sales rep) including but not limited to "is there water flowing through the unit?" I didn't realise the water had to go THROUGH the chiller !! I just had it sitting next to my aquarium!! No wonder it wasn't working !!! So anyway ... sarcasm aside I eventually managed to organise a return on the unit and have got a replacement now. For the time being I will reserve my judgement on its performance. Yesterday I received my second chiller - a hailea hc-300 and it is just awesome !!! The unit is quite big.. not excessively loud in my opinion.. just sounds like a fairly chunky room-fan but with a lower pitch (ie no constant grinding or clunking mechanical compressor noise). In any case it is extremely efficient. Powered by an eheim 2217/classic 600 which is empty bar a coarse sponge and some loose (uncloggable) media. It cooled down my 240litre tank from 28C (in a room at nearly 32C) to 24C within an hour or two. I was most impressed. Here's hoping my yellow cherries are equally impressed and enjoy their newfound stability. love n peace will PS it dawned on me last night that we just spent more on a chiller than we did on our family fridge.

Lol I need to do some maintenance in the tank over the weekend and then i'll take some just for you Will.

Glad it's all sorted! As to spending money on shrimp how come my shrimp have a nice refrigerated air conditioner in their room while we sweltered through the hot Adelaide weather with just the ducted evaporative air conditioner??? I almost wanted to sleep in there it was so nice compared to the rest of the house! The things we do for our shrimp - ??

tiger pix pls Some tiger pics please :-)

So the breeding experiment has been going really well. I've started separating out the culls (watch this space for a giveaway when they're big enough), but I'd like to introduce you to my newest arrival, 'Zoolander' (He is really really really good looking and has mastered blue steel). Can't believe the colour given his size/age, am so excited to see what he grows into!