Wuz up mfk! my name is howard and i am so very happy to be here. Loacted in baton rouge, LA. I have a 75g,two 55g, 40g. one 55 is running the other one and the 75 g are up coming soon. I have two arows sil and jar, and two oscars. I am very excited I learned how to make sump pump out of 5g bucketss. Any ideas what i can put in 55gal moving fish to 75g
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hey guys i have a question about sumps...
if i put a heater in my 45 gallon sump, how many watts should it be?
the tank that the sump is for is a 240 gallon tank...
...or should i just buy a heater and put it in the tank instead of the sump?
what do you guys think?
if i put a heater in my 45 gallon sump, how many watts should it be?
the tank that the sump is for is a 240 gallon tank...
...or should i just buy a heater and put it in the tank instead of the sump?
what do you guys think?
1 ill g;3380319; said:
The heater needs to be able to heat ALL of the water in the system, i.e. tank volume + sump volume so about 285 gallons. I think the general rule for heating is about 3 watts per gallon so you'll need about 900W of heating.
Of course, that's just a rough estimation. It depends a lot on how cold the room gets and how warm you want the tank to be. I had to use two 300W heaters on my 110 gal to keep it heated since the temperature difference between the tank and the room was about 10 degrees celcius (about 50 deg. F).
I put my heater in the sump. Its easier to heat smaller amounts of water. The heated water is then dispersed into your tank and slowly increases your tanks overall temperature. It may take a day to get your tank to optimal temp, but it will not budge from that temp once it is there as long as your heater is doing its job.
yeah, thats what i wanted to do...
put the heater in the sump..
so what size heater do you think i would need in there?
put the heater in the sump..
so what size heater do you think i would need in there?
The heater size is the same whether you have it in the tank or the sump. Unless you have terrible water circulation, the position of the heater(s) is irrelevant.
i see... so like a 400 watt heater in a 45 gallon sump is fine?
it wouldnt get too hot in the sump?
it wouldnt get too hot in the sump?