All Discussions Tagged 'heating' - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T15:09:33Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=heating&feed=yes&xn_auth=noless then a week away from adding fish, final thoughts on heating options for my set up. **newbietag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2016-02-24:4778851:Topic:6249042016-02-24T01:11:48.722ZJordan Gonzaleshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JordanGonzales
<p>im new here and to the aquaponic world. i live in oklahoma so weather is very un predictable. last weekend i built a 10x12 hoop house. i did not use greenhouse plastic i want to make sure this is something i will enjoy before investing that much. i have one 230 gal ibc tote. i plan on trying to use a raft system, a grow bed and the PVC pipe sytem with net pots to see what i like more. i will be using a sump tank and pump. i plan on building grow beds with 2x12's and using lava rock. i dont…</p>
<p>im new here and to the aquaponic world. i live in oklahoma so weather is very un predictable. last weekend i built a 10x12 hoop house. i did not use greenhouse plastic i want to make sure this is something i will enjoy before investing that much. i have one 230 gal ibc tote. i plan on trying to use a raft system, a grow bed and the PVC pipe sytem with net pots to see what i like more. i will be using a sump tank and pump. i plan on building grow beds with 2x12's and using lava rock. i dont want to use gravel for i am renting so prtable is a must. before i make the grow beds i want to stock the tanksahead of time to get it nice dirty. planning on doing this this coming weekend.</p>
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<p>first question, do i need between the time i stock fish and build grow beds? about 2 weeks.</p>
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<p>second question, i seen the water heater post using elements. awesome idea, but will that work with my ibc tote. and my none greenhouse plastic? it is 4 mill contractors plastic.</p>
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<p>if it does how much do i cyscle it. 15 minutes on the hour? or is this something i will have to tinker on to fine tune.</p>
<p>oklhoma weather.... 80 f one day...25 the next. i have a free starter supply of some full grown tilapia.. dont want to lose them the first day. thank you guys!</p> water heating advisetag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2015-11-17:4778851:Topic:6184572015-11-17T02:04:21.113ZStevedNETNhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/StevedNETN
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have built a system that I believe contains about 600 gal of water. My grow bed contains 3 tons of gravel and is 4*16' and a dwc bed 4*8'. </p>
<p>My greenhouse is 24*32 and single ply plastic. </p>
<p>I live in kingsport TN where out fall and winter is rather mild. 2-3 weeks in Feb will stay below freezing.</p>
<p>My water temp has been swinging from 50-60 deg .</p>
<p>I have 40 +/- goldfish between 4-8" </p>
<p>My question is two fold. </p>
<p>Is it necessary to heat…</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have built a system that I believe contains about 600 gal of water. My grow bed contains 3 tons of gravel and is 4*16' and a dwc bed 4*8'. </p>
<p>My greenhouse is 24*32 and single ply plastic. </p>
<p>I live in kingsport TN where out fall and winter is rather mild. 2-3 weeks in Feb will stay below freezing.</p>
<p>My water temp has been swinging from 50-60 deg .</p>
<p>I have 40 +/- goldfish between 4-8" </p>
<p>My question is two fold. </p>
<p>Is it necessary to heat the water. If so, does anyone have a reasonable idea the cost to heat with electric heaters?</p>
<p>I would prefer to select crops that are cold tolerant and not heat the system. </p>
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<p>Any thoughts or advise would be great.</p>
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<p>Thanks </p>
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<p></p> Subterranean Heating Cooling Systemtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-07-15:4778851:Topic:5713412014-07-15T19:42:16.762ZJeremiah Robinsonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JeremiahRobinson
<p>Hi there, Looking to size a climate battery / SHCS (subterranean heating and cooling system) but noticed that the calculator from Sunny John has gone missing (numsum no longer exists).</p>
<p>Does anyone have a copy? Or another sizing tool? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi there, Looking to size a climate battery / SHCS (subterranean heating and cooling system) but noticed that the calculator from Sunny John has gone missing (numsum no longer exists).</p>
<p>Does anyone have a copy? Or another sizing tool? Thanks!</p> Winterizing green house and aquaponic systemtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-12-06:4778851:Topic:5344202013-12-06T01:21:00.438ZShelia Hoythttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SheliaHoyt
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656381688?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656381688?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> I would like to know what others are doing to keep their systems winterized especially how well it works during this extreme weather Missouri is having. My husband built me a heat exchanger today for my system. we had one mishap due to me slowing the flow down too low, so we added additional stainless pipe and it has been running 15 minutes and the temp running out of the…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656381688?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656381688?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a> I would like to know what others are doing to keep their systems winterized especially how well it works during this extreme weather Missouri is having. My husband built me a heat exchanger today for my system. we had one mishap due to me slowing the flow down too low, so we added additional stainless pipe and it has been running 15 minutes and the temp running out of the out put is 10 degrees higher than the in put so far... the water is pumped from the sump and part of it is channeled to the heat exchanger and the other directly into the heat exchanger</p> Heating my hoop housetag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-11-05:4778851:Topic:4138342012-11-05T01:43:41.118ZBrandon nardoiannihttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/Brandonnardoianni
<p> I am trying to figure out the best way to keep my Hoop House going throughout the winter. I live in norfolk, va and the winters dont get extremely cold but they can get a little frigid at times. I have a roughly 650 cubic ft double insulated fan inflated hoophouse that has an insulated north and south wall. I have roughly 1200 gallons of water in a CHOP PIST type of aquaponic system using IBC's. The media is 3/4 gravel. Everything is growing good now but its starting to get cold…</p>
<p> I am trying to figure out the best way to keep my Hoop House going throughout the winter. I live in norfolk, va and the winters dont get extremely cold but they can get a little frigid at times. I have a roughly 650 cubic ft double insulated fan inflated hoophouse that has an insulated north and south wall. I have roughly 1200 gallons of water in a CHOP PIST type of aquaponic system using IBC's. The media is 3/4 gravel. Everything is growing good now but its starting to get cold outside now and I'm trying to figure out the best way to heat it during the winter. Is it better to heat just the water or the entire greenhouse? Or both? I thought maybe some aquapons with some knowledge on the subject could shed some light on this for me.</p>
<p>I added some pictures to maybe help with the process. This is before I attached everything and covered it but you can see the basic layout of it. Below that is the growbeds in the covered greenhouse.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656368084?profile=original" target="_self"><br/><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656368084?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656372813?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656372813?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p> Basic solar heating for a small systemtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-05-02:4778851:Topic:1024152011-05-02T10:27:47.739ZKobus Joostehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KobusJooste
<p>Hi All</p>
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<p>As it is getting into winter here, I am playing with an idea for solar heating that I thought of a few months ago. It may not help people in the Northern Hemisphere much now, but I'll report on the progress I'm making. I am going to start experimenting with a small unit to heat an aquarium system I'm working on. The 300 liter aquarium is in an outside building with no insulation, and a 300 Watt heater basically never stops working to keep the temperature up above 20…</p>
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<p>As it is getting into winter here, I am playing with an idea for solar heating that I thought of a few months ago. It may not help people in the Northern Hemisphere much now, but I'll report on the progress I'm making. I am going to start experimenting with a small unit to heat an aquarium system I'm working on. The 300 liter aquarium is in an outside building with no insulation, and a 300 Watt heater basically never stops working to keep the temperature up above 20 degrees Celcius. The idea I had was using left-over pieces of 6 mm multi-wall polycarbonate sheeting used in my research system as a simple flow-through solar water heating panel. I have designed the basic plumbing, but before I spend too much time making the actual unit, I thought I'd give the idea a go.</p>
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<p>First test was filling a 25 liter blue drum up with water and leaving it in the sun. It heated slowly, but topped out at around 26 degrees. I then siliconed up one end of a 0.5m square polycarb sheet. I left the white backing paper on it, but step two of the experiment will be to paint the back black.</p>
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<p>Although the experiment is very crude (the thermometer is cheap and the probe touches the polycarb sides) the results are promising. The water heats up rapidly, and reaches 36 degrees Celcius in about 30 minutes (a rise of over 16 degrees Celcius). I'm not sure what the max of this configuration can be, but it is not far above 38 degrees Celcius.</p>
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<p>I am hoping that with the back painted black, I will be able to hit 40 degrees Celcius in 30 minutes flat. The water volume of the entire panel (without plumbing) will be around 1.5 liters, thus it is not a massive panel. I have a fair amount of it at my disposal though, and if the black panel is going to give me 40 degrees fast, I'm willing to see how it goes on the 300 liter aquarium. With 45 minute rotations and around 9 hours of direct sun, I'll have 12 rotations on the panel. The 0.5 square meter unit will thus only heat about 18 liters of water a day, which makes me think that I will have to go for 30 minute rotations and bigger panels. On two of these panels, I will then heat 54 liters of water a day. Still, it beats having a 300 watt heater on 24 hours a day!</p> Copper and fishtag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-12-02:4778851:Topic:255092010-12-02T20:40:09.000ZM Cosmohttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/MichaelCosmo
I want to add a heater to my fish tank and it has a small temp sensor. Here is a pic.<div><p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656357239?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600"></img></p>
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<div>It is about 4 inches long. Will this small amount of copper poison my fish. I have about 600 gallons or more of water in the system.</div>
<div>Ron is using the same heater and he encapsulated his in a bottle and sealed it.</div>
<div>I was thinking of just painting mine with some clear since it won't be hotter than 80 in the…</div>
I want to add a heater to my fish tank and it has a small temp sensor. Here is a pic.<div><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2656357239?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<div>It is about 4 inches long. Will this small amount of copper poison my fish. I have about 600 gallons or more of water in the system.</div>
<div>Ron is using the same heater and he encapsulated his in a bottle and sealed it.</div>
<div>I was thinking of just painting mine with some clear since it won't be hotter than 80 in the tank.</div>
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