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[Killietalk] Heat the room not the tanks
> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:29:44 +0100> From: "Aaron Sedgwick" <cassidykeats at hotmail_com>> Subject: [Killietalk] Tank Heating> To: killietalk at aka_org> > Hello!> > I'm just getting into killies and have 7 10 gallon tanks and 5 2.5 gallon > tanks. It's getting really cold here in Chicago and my family will only let > me set the thermostat to around 65 degrees. On top of that my killie room is > above the garage and so it's a couple of degrees colder than that. I was > about to place an order for a bunch of submersable heaters when I had the > idea of heating the entire room. The room is about 10' by 13'. Would it be > cheaper to heat the entire room as opposed to buying individual heaters for > each tank? I did a quick search online and found the Honeywell HZ-2300 > Compact Heater which goes for about 30-40 bucks and it has a seperate > temperature control so that I could reach around that 75 degree mark that I > want to be at. Any help would be greatly appreciated!> > Aaron !
Sedgwick
Visit your local Lowe's home center. I recently populated a fish closet in the garage (which is normally between 30 and 45F) with a bunch of tanks of killies.
I can easily keep the closet warm enough (70's-80's) with a heater I picked up from Lowe's that was recommended by the list. It's 1500w, though I never run it at more than 600W. It's an electric/blower combo, I've always been a bit leery of those oil filled ones, nightmares of what happens if they get knocked over.
Individual heaters stink. Most of them cut out or cook your fish at inopportune times, the quality of the product is variable, they take up room in the tank and they give the fish another escape alley (i.e., they make the lid a little trickier to build.) Heat the room, not the tanks.
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