I'm planning a plywood tank build that will be around 12-1400 gallons. As of now, the only concern I have is how I would heat the dang thing effeciently to keep electrical costs down. One bump in the road is that we built our house with a tankless hot water heater, so splitting off of a typical hot water tank isn't doable, and I really don't want to burn up our propane more, as our electric is cheap at $.05/kwh versus propane being like $2.50-$3.50 a gallon.
I've tried to check out some diy setups with a loop and either could not understand how it worked, or it used a hot water tank in one way or another.
I've contemplated maybe getting a small, dedicated HW tank to run? Or would I be better off to insulate the tar out of it with some R21 and foam, then just use a couple standard aquarium heaters? Trying not to overthink it but I sure can do that sometimes.
Appreciate anyone's $.02!
I've tried to check out some diy setups with a loop and either could not understand how it worked, or it used a hot water tank in one way or another.
I've contemplated maybe getting a small, dedicated HW tank to run? Or would I be better off to insulate the tar out of it with some R21 and foam, then just use a couple standard aquarium heaters? Trying not to overthink it but I sure can do that sometimes.
Appreciate anyone's $.02!
