Artica 1/4 Chiller - Is LESS flow COLD water?

[pezcubano]

The manual for the JBJ Artica 1/4 Chiller says the FLOW RATE for the chiller is 480gph. I'm looking to put abour 250gph through it using an Eheim 1262 that acts as my return pump and to feed my chiller.

The JBJ manual is vague and there is no range given for flow rates that would be adequate so I don't know whether I'm ok going low on the flow rate. I've read various threads where less flow = cold water, but no one mentions how low can you go on the flow. Any experience or ideas?

I've gotten some great advice from a few people but I wanted to hear if anybody had hands-on experience with this.
Thanks

[compulou]

Sorry dude that I can't help you with your current question but I don't know if your aware we have a local South FLA RC group called FMAS (Florida Marine Aquarium Society) that might be able to answer your question as we have to deal with the same weather/heat you do.

Here's the link:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=235

[pezcubano]

Thanks for the tip. I posted my question on the forum!!!

Anybody else out there??????