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heating fish tanks

I had no luck heating my 250 gl ft's last year I would appreciate any help I can get

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Permalink Reply by Vlad Jovanovic on October 2, 2014 at 4:30pm
Permalink Reply by Sylvia Bernstein on October 4, 2014 at 8:44am

LOL - thanks, Vlad.  Couldn't have said it better than that!

Permalink Reply by Jan de Nysschen on October 7, 2014 at 1:14pm

I ques it depends on your setup

I have a 1000 lt fish tank from where I gravitee feed 2 media and a float bed. They drain into a sump from where the water is pumped to the fish tank

I used 100mm PVC pipe - lengths depends on water levels etc 

3 100mm PVC stop ends

2kw Geyser element

and a Jaccuzi thermostat set at about 23 decrees

During the day I used about 120 meters of coiled irrigation pipe to head the water and at night I the heater

All the heating gets done in the sump, ( I  believe the heater could also go directly into the fish tank )

Hope this gives you some ideas - I could have used a Jaccuzi heater if I could afford it.

Permalink Reply by Arlene Baker on October 13, 2014 at 11:25am
Anyone here in Arizona built a solar heater coil out of black plastic piping? I am thinking of hoking it upto another separate pump and running it maybe every hour to empty out the heated water in the coil.
Permalink Reply by Jim Troyer on October 22, 2014 at 5:22pm

Hi Arlene

I build them and they work great.  Kim Roman who posts on this site, used one last winter, was happy with and has gotten it hooked up for this winter again.

Mine makes about 10 degrees on a sunny winter day.

If you are interested in one please let me know.

Jim in Scottsdale

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