I am thinking ahead to my next project. I have the bug and it is driving me to fufill my dream Aquariums since I found MFK. My next Project I hope will be a 500G wood tank. my plan is to use the Glass from my 150G tank to build it. in it there are 4 usable Glass Pains 2 @ 40"X36" and 2 @ 20"X36" I thought it would look cool kinda like looking out a living room window just bigger. I had a brainwave on heating it though. right now I swear I heat my house with my Aquariums. I have a poiler in my house and hot water in floor heat. since I started adding Aquariums it never kicks on. my hot water is heated off a heat exchanger off the boiler so I got to thinking why not heat the aquariums with the same system. then I can drop using the electric heaters and go to much more economical heating and use Nat. Gas. I was wondering though before I go and spend a ton of time researching if anyone has any experience with this that they could pass on? thanks in advance
Hot water heating
- Thread starter greengiant
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Add another heat exchanger and electric valves controlled by thermostats and with that large of a system it should be stable. If you have a sump, heat the water going into it, the water blends better & it has the added benefit of better bacteriologic growth.
Or you could just set all the tanks on the floor and say it's Feng Shui
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Any problems with evaporation?
Dr Joe
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Or you could just set all the tanks on the floor and say it's Feng Shui
.Any problems with evaporation?
Dr Joe
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huge I havent built the tank yet but the 4 existing tanks I have 135 combined Gallons I lose about 20Gallons a week to evaporation. if I take the covers off that triples. I do water changes twice a week as I have a rather Hi bioload right now my Aro and Retic are awaiting their new home which I hope to have the 150G set up this weekend if I can get the sump done and the holes drilled in the stand. that is my first go at a sump and it is 120G so it should be enough lol. Dr Joe your help has been awesome in my projects. Thanks
