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I've been kicking around the idea for a long term project of a large plywood tank in the garage. There are a couple of things I've been thinking about: either a very long stream tank, or maybe a large african cichlid tank, but ignore that for now.
Here in NC, summer temperatures get hot, and my garage will spend long periods of time in the 90's. Some big honking 2hp chiller is going to be out of the question because I'm too cheap.
So here's my thought: It's a big tank and it's got a big sump. How about a second pump in the sump that puts water over basically a big waterfall. I'm imagining something like a rain gutter at the top with slits to spill water over a piece of epoxy coated plywood, maybe with lava rocks attached, to evaporate off water, cool it, and drop it into the tank.
Has something like this ever been done? Should I lay off the drugs?
Here in NC, summer temperatures get hot, and my garage will spend long periods of time in the 90's. Some big honking 2hp chiller is going to be out of the question because I'm too cheap.
So here's my thought: It's a big tank and it's got a big sump. How about a second pump in the sump that puts water over basically a big waterfall. I'm imagining something like a rain gutter at the top with slits to spill water over a piece of epoxy coated plywood, maybe with lava rocks attached, to evaporate off water, cool it, and drop it into the tank.
Has something like this ever been done? Should I lay off the drugs?