HELP!

[abominus]

i wanna order a heater for my 1500 gallon pond. please tell me whether a 1500 watt heater would be enough. the following points might be usefull
1.Air temperature will be 15 degree celsius
2.the pond is a above ground one with no insulation
3.all fish are tropical
4.the depth of pond is 1.5 feet
please tell me urgently. i just lost a snakehead today

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

Amazon.com

Here's one that might work. It has a lot of good reviews, and it's affordable. If you're really worried about your fish in the cold, then bring them inside.

Also, I must ask...when did you get a snakehead, and how did it die? (Sorry for your loss).

 

[FJB]

That is not a heater, but a deicer. It will rise the temp just to above freezing, no to temp needed for tropicales (or even close). There is no heater that will do that. Pond or fish hot to come to a more sheltered space, and even then it will be very expensive to heat to tropical levels.

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

Oh...whoopsie...my bad, don't listen to what I said AR1@.

 

[abominus]

thanks for the help silverarowanaboi. i bought the snakehead last week. they are legal here. Probably died because of the cold. i really feel sorry about it. was sucha nice fish

 

[duanes]

With you pond, its size, and your low temps, choosing temperate fish is going to be necessary, unless you are willing and able to bring them in seasonally.
Trying to heat it will be very expensive, and haphazard.
There are snakeheads that are from temperate areas in Asia, but those specific types will need to be chosen.
I kept temperate cichlids in a pond in the US midwest, in a similar size pond, but they, (and even plants) had to be extensively researched and chosen very carefully for hardiness, and even then, the most hardy, had to be brought inside in winter.

 

[abominus]

the only other thing i have is a three foot tank. i can't possibly house a foot long RTC pacu and other bunch of fish in it. i had a 100 gallon pool but the dang rabbits tore it apart

 

[puffers4puffers]

i wanna order a heater for my 1500 gallon pond. please tell me whether a 1500 watt heater would be enough. the following points might be usefull
1.Air temperature will be 15 degree celsius
2.the pond is a above ground one with no insulation
3.all fish are tropical
4.the depth of pond is 1.5 feet
please tell me urgently. i just lost a snakehead today

Rule of thumb:
3 watts per gallon
but in your case maybe 5 watts per gallon
and
wrap the the perimeter with water heater insulation

 

[kendragon]

So what's the water temp currently?

 

[abominus]

So what's the water temp currently?

16 to 18 degree celsius currently, but it will drop since winters have just begun