[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']I have a sump, thats in my garage, the first night it dropped to 40F and my tank almost crashed it dropped to 72F, the very bottom of what the fish could handle. So I built a box and placed about 3 inches of insulation underneath and around the sump, and placed to layers of old carpet on top. Tonight when it dropped to 40F my tank only lost 2 degrees dropping to 78F, so I am almost there, I have approximately 60 - 65 gallons in the tank + sump with a 200 watt heater. Do you think bumping up to a 300 watt heater will get me through the winter? As it is now Ill make it through the spring and summer only loosing 2 degrees. Winter avg is about 30F but with lows as low as -3F, so I want to get prepared now so that I dont wake up to dead or very sick fish this winter. one last bit of information, the tank is in the house and the house stays around 70, the garage is always as cold if not a little colder than the outside temp, and I want the tank at 80F with acceptable drops of only 2 degrees.[/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Thanks[/FONT]
[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']Thanks[/FONT]
