heating about 200Gal
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:38 pm
What is the cheapest heater to heat quarentine tank?
300w? aquarium type heater?
300w? aquarium type heater?
Thats the Baby,im using 1 to heat my 250 Gallon Jobby.
Graham
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Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:04 pm
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:15 pm
Depending on your insulation, perhaps on a timer to use electric night units, if you are on a day/night meter.
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:48 pm
What temp should they be needed to go up to?
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:55 pm
IME it's not the upper end of the temperature that was the issue - it was the lower end. I could only find a heater that goes down to 16 degrees.
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:24 pm
If using a glass aquarium heater make sure it's potected from the koi and won't get broken by the fish or the pond user by accident.
The consequences of a broken heater are self explanatory.
The consequences of a broken heater are self explanatory.
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:27 pm
Matt is right
When Gazza used these, he had them installed in a piece of old pipe with lots of holes drilled in it, so that no Koi could bash against the actual heater.
When Gazza used these, he had them installed in a piece of old pipe with lots of holes drilled in it, so that no Koi could bash against the actual heater.
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:31 pm
Yes you guys are correct as thats how i found out when i looked in the tank and could see glass in the bottom 
So just fit some pipe and loads of holes and job done nice and safe
So just fit some pipe and loads of holes and job done nice and safe
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:06 pm
Do they not come with a protective casing made of plastic??? Mind did it snaps together and heater goes through the middle.
Graham
Graham
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:26 pm
Hi Andy
In a true QT you want to be able to have full control of the heat, whatever the outside temps.
Presume this is in the garage or a shed?
Insulation and a cover will help but if you want to get to and sustain say 26 degrees in the middle of winter then you may need to think a bit bigger, maybe even up to 1kw depending on the insulation etc. Maybe a couple of 300W units may do the trick, best to get them in an area where there is some flow, U could put them in a tube and then have an airstone below pumping some water through?
Ed - would love to find a small cheap aquarium heater that has a stat that goes lower than 16 - if you see one then shout!!
Regards
Dave
In a true QT you want to be able to have full control of the heat, whatever the outside temps.
Presume this is in the garage or a shed?
Insulation and a cover will help but if you want to get to and sustain say 26 degrees in the middle of winter then you may need to think a bit bigger, maybe even up to 1kw depending on the insulation etc. Maybe a couple of 300W units may do the trick, best to get them in an area where there is some flow, U could put them in a tube and then have an airstone below pumping some water through?
Ed - would love to find a small cheap aquarium heater that has a stat that goes lower than 16 - if you see one then shout!!
Regards
Dave
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:03 pm
Best I found was the Jaeger heater but only goes to 16. It's supposed to be very efficient too and heat a lot more water than other 300W heaters. 2 are certainly kept my QT at 16 during this recent cold snap - it's 18 now so they're not on much if at all!Davej wrote:Ed - would love to find a small cheap aquarium heater that has a stat that goes lower than 16 - if you see one then shout!!
Re: heating about 200Gal
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:19 am
Still noty got room for QT unless sell rotivator!!!! lol