multi grow out tanks.

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wnc-keith

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not sure where to start. we want to have more grow out tanks. however there is no more room inside.

is it possible to set up grow tanks in a non controlled environment. this would be inside an insulated building with no heat or air. we know that we must control water temp.

also need to do this on the cheap just now.

one thing we are thinking about is Styrofoam coolers. not your cheap ones either. we have access to many about 15 gallon with 2 inch walls. not real sure how to seal them so fish can live in them.


if we figure out how to seal then we would use foam air filters. and some sort of central water heating system.

just in the planning stages now and was curious if anyone else has tried this.

thanks,
keith
oh yea this would be for African cichlids
 
You can pick up a large piece of pond lining and then cut it to shape and then glue it in place inside the coolers. Heatings going to be your biggest headache. In the long run it will prove a lot cheaper to heat the space rather than the water. A small, well insolated, Room within a room....(shed) and a space heater could solve the heating problem for you.
 
I was thinking the same thing about the heat. Heck it would be cheaper to remove all the females for the winter. into like a 20 gallon tank or something.

We would love to keep breeding but there is zero profit just a love for the fish that keep us going. anyway not giving up just yet please keep the ideas comming.
 
You can always build cover boxes out of sheet foam insulation for the grow out tanks and then heat them with heat lamps.
 
I've had styrofoam leak when it's been filled for long periods of time. Personally I'd feel a lot better with at least a thin liner in it.
 
was not sure if it needed sealing. thought maybe some leaching of chemicals or something. I doubt these will leak and if they do does not matter.
 
one less thing to worry about then...move on to the heating problem
 
build a box around the "tanks" and use a space heater... simply the best and cheapest way to do it .. it doesn't have to be HUGE .. just big enough for the "tanks" with a swing out wall to be able to handle the day to day operations of maintianing the fish
 
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