Fans can be a great tool to cool your reef and eliminate the need of a costly chiller. Unfortunately, there are not very many fan options out there that fit in with rimless tanks. There are the profilux aluminums and azoo clip ons…but they are a bit distracting.
We found this Aquawind fan made by Tunze […]
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Fans can be a great tool to cool your reef and eliminate the need of a costly chiller. Unfortunately, there are not very many fan options out there that fit in with rimless tanks. There are the profilux aluminums and azoo clip ons…but they are a bit distracting.
We found this Aquawind fan made by Tunze and thought it would work great for many users. Relatively unknown we were going to give it a try, but it just turns our with our spot’s we need heating more than cooling. The small vents at the bottom allow the horizontal mount while still blowing air across the water’s surface for maximum cooling. Maybe the LED’s are a little PC geek, but if anyone tries them let us know how you like them. Tunze has them listed at $75, they can be purchased directly from TunzeUSA
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Looks promising. I can’t for the life of me tell how it secures to the tank though. Where can one find the Azoo clip ons?
Hi Chris,
If you look to the left and right you can see the glass where it’s clamped on. In the middle of the photo the clamp is visible.
A google of “Azoo fan” will show many suppliers. I believe Dr. Foster and Smith carry them. HTH.
LOL!!! Cool! For some reason I was expecting the fans to be vertical.
I just ordered a profilux 3 fan model. We”ll see how it works.
This looks like something to mod a gaming PC. Is that a USB port on the back?
Firewire for faster speeds… duh.
;o)
We agree. At the very least remove the metal guards.
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