Heating tank with a partially immersed light bulb or five.

[Toby_H]

shoot I am afraid he may already be dead people........poor kid.

I hope a responsible hobbyist adopts his Oscar... it is a good looking fish...

I didn't know him well but I think I will miss him...

RIP KnifeGill

 

[Bderick67]

Is there anyway you can place the tank on top of the stove or within the oven? Either of these would be much more efficient with heating your tank.

 

[gomezladdams]

Actually some of the oldest fish books Ive read show tanks heated with a light bulb dipping in the water.My neighbor has an antique tank with holders for candles in the stand so the candle flame on the bottom slate heats the tank.Promised to give me the tank then I never saw him again.

Still,buy a heater.Its safer.

 

[dawnmarie]

I know.
Use a swimming pool light from a doughboy. It's a bulkhead mount and should produce plenty of light and heat.
Be afraid, Very afraid

 

[knifegill]

The doctor says I should regain use of my legs in a few weeks...just kidding!

I have a feeling that the long-term cost of blasting a row of light bulbs might be more prohibitive than just buying a heater.

At least now I know why they used slate bottoms. Thanks!

 

[Big Dog]

Let us know when you end up in the ER or when you have to be put in the ground for the last time. Water and electricity do not mix.
This is what you are going to look like when the electricity hits you Then the Docture is going to be like this

 

[knifegill]

Actually, water and electricity are pretty good friends. Also, what do you think your aquarium heater is, anyway? It's just a thickened, modified light bulb pretty much.

 

[bob965]

I heated a tank for years with an old coffeemaker by partially submerging it so the warmer plate was underwater and directing a powerhead at it. I also heated a tank with my girlfriend's curling iron. I'm currently setting up a George Foreman grill heated tank. My plan is to attach the grill plate at an angle near the rim of the tank and direct a pump to it so the water flows down it and back into the tank. Kind of like a heated waterfall type thing.




Edit: I was totally making this up. Please do not try any of these.

 

[Big Dog]

A aquarium heater is made to go into a fish tank. I normal light blub is not.

 

[Heathd]

Actually, water and electricity are pretty good friends. Also, what do you think your aquarium heater is, anyway? It's just a thickened, modified light bulb pretty much.

To an extent, the coil in an aquarium heater uses less resitance and converts electrical to heat. A light coil is more resitive and converts electrical to light, with heat being a waste product.

Just get some metal halides