Thanks for the links. I will look into this when I'm ready to plumb a water line to the room. Much appreciated!
Massive tank.. What fish will you be stocking it with ?
8 Widebar Silver Dollar (AKA Emperor Blue Hooks) - Myleus Schomburgkii
12 Yellowtail Rasbora- Rasbora tornieri
11 Arulius Barbs- Puntius arulius or Dawkinsia tambraparniei
18 Clown Loaches- Chromobotia macracanthus
9 Filament Barbs- Dawkinsia filamentosa
4 Red Fin Bala Sharks- Cyclocheilichthys janthochir
1 Lutino Oscar- Astronotus ocellatus
1 Green Texas- Herichthys carpintis
1 Jack Dempsey- Rocio octofasciata
1 Green Terror- Aequidens rivulatus
1 Flagtail Prochilodus- Semaprochilodus insignis
1 Chalceus macrolepidotus
It's funny, I've had mostly this same stock (minus the Filaments) for the past ~2 years; I got most of them as juveniles and the tank looked empty. Now that they have put on some size, my tank seems really overstocked to me.
Here's a pic of one of the male Filament Barbs:
I'm glad this thread got a bump, love the tank.
Thanks KNH.
I've been meaning to post some pix of the Tankless Hot water Heater I had installed and do a little write-up/review on the unit. With my old water heater, if I did a 50% water change in the winter, I would run out of hot water and have to use cold (50F) for the last ~200 gallons. The fish probably weren't too stoked about that and my heaters would have to work overtime to get the temps back up. So I decided to have a Noritz NRC 1111 tankless hot water heater installed. So far I'm happy with it; an endless supply of hot water is pretty cool.
Pros
- No pilot light, so you aren't constantly using the small amount of gas required to keep the pilot light lit (In my opinion, pretty much negated by the fact that the unit uses electricity, albeit a small amount)
- No storage tank, so you are only heating water that you are using.
- They are much smaller than traditional tank water heaters, so they can free up some space.
- 93% efficiency rating
- Never run out of hot water (as long as you have power).
Cons
- The units themselves are about twice as expensive as traditional tank water heaters
- They are expensive to have installed (typically you need to increase the size of your gas supply line so that you are meeting the Btu demand of the unit when it fires up. I had to upsize my gas line)
- They require electricity for the computer/motherboard and the electronic ignition (power outage = no hot water, unless you have a UPS or generator)
-In colder parts of the country where winters are harsh, you may need to run two units in parallel since the incoming tap water is so cold.
For anyone that's always running out of hot water, these things are awesome. If running out of hot water isn't a big issue, I would stick with traditional (tank) water heaters.
Old (traditional) water heater after having partially removing the closet it was in:
New Noritz NRC 1111 installed, hung on the wall where the old unit was located:
