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Harmonyx

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I am trying to find efficient ways to heat a 750 gallon indoor pond. One of my main concerns is that I don't want tubes and wires around my pond. I want everything to be internally plumbed.

no matter what form of heating I decide on, I think the best thing would to have the power source controlled by a thermstat. In my opinion, though unexperienced, I think it would be wise to be using a reference temperature that is not beside my heat sourse.

This is the type of product I was thinking of:

http://www.suburbanponds.com/shop/details.php?catId=0&productId=56

I don't have to use this product but something that has a similar effect.

As a heat sourse I was thinking of using a hottub heater that was wired into the previous type of thermostat. I have read that hottube heaters were not accurate enough to use in a pond, however; this method would possibley negate it's unaccuracy?

http://www.spacare.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=97

I am guessing and it is only a guess that a 1500W heater would not have to work very hard to keep the tank at the correct temperature. With an inline heater there would be zero clutter.

please evaluate my thoughts and help me decide if this would be a viable solution...
 
just get 4 300 watt submersibles and put them in the sump or w/d
 
sorry, I should have said that I live in canada. we have to pay for our heat up here and 4 -300 W heaters would not be sufficient. those types of heaters are fine for smaller tanks, but I would like to use something a little more effiecient.
 
Harmonyx;1692926; said:
sorry, I should have said that I live in canada. .
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So this indoor pond is in a cold room in the winter?
I live in northern North Dakota and it gets nice and cold here too.

If I wanted to keep my indoor pond warm in an unheated room I dont think I would try to heat with a hottub heater or a water bed heater.
Perhaps others do use them things but I would always worried that a switch would mess up and the heater would cook the fish.

If I wanted to heat my indoor pond in an unheated room in the dead of winter I would wrap the pond as much i could in spray foam and blankets ,and use some new big underwater aquarium heaters,
 
you could try a point of use tankless electric water heater. That way you can set your water temp leaving the unit unlike a hot tub heater which ouputs only one temp which may be to hot for what i think your looking for.
 
Heat the room, look into a wood or pellet stove.

Electrical heat is fairly consistant, physically at least, in Watts per unit of heat. You shouldn't have an enormous swing in effeciency. 4x300watt heaters are going to do the same thing as a 1200watt heater. Ditto for your electric hot tub heater or the tankless heater.
 
the main reason for a tankless hot water heater is your able to set your temp that it heats. So your aquastat turns on your pump feeding your hot water heater which then sends out your water at the temp you set on the heater. When your pond gets to temp your aquastat shuts your pump off turning of the heat. When you use a hot tub heater you can't adjust the output temp so your stingray may get burnt with the flow coming out. As far as cost if that's what you meant by efficient then your wattage draw will determine the cost. hope that helps
 
Harmonyx;1681767; said:
I am trying to find efficient ways to heat a 750 gallon indoor pond. One of my main concerns is that I don't want tubes and wires around my pond. I want everything to be internally plumbed.
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Harmonyx;1681767; said:
no matter what form of heating I decide on, I think the best thing would to have the power source controlled by a thermstat. In my opinion, though unexperienced, I think it would be wise to be using a reference temperature that is not beside my heat sourse.

This is the type of product I was thinking of:

http://www.suburbanponds.com/shop/details.php?catId=0&productId=56

I don't have to use this product but something that has a similar effect.

As a heat sourse I was thinking of using a hottub heater that was wired into the previous type of thermostat. I have read that hottube heaters were not accurate enough to use in a pond, however; this method would possibley negate it's unaccuracy?

http://www.spacare.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=97

I am guessing and it is only a guess that a 1500W heater would not have to work very hard to keep the tank at the correct temperature. With an inline heater there would be zero clutter.

please evaluate my thoughts and help me decide if this would be a viable solution...
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I knew someone who used a waterbed heater and that was my first thought, but you said no wires.. so that's out, I guess.
 
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