Pond Heaters? 1000 Gallon

[Nic]

J you might have to get a lil creative to insulate yours... since you didnt mention it it is a pearls of paradise pond...

 

[BigJ]

The pink styrofoam stuff.... Not the fiberglass rolls..... I just built the frame out of wood then lined the inside and bottom with the 4 by 8 sheets of this stuff. I didn't line the inside with any plywood..... I just used a 2 by 4 skeleton with the styrofoam layed in directly on the 2 by 4s. Basically I built the frame then instead of sheeting it with plywood I used the styrofaom insulation..... Then the liner. When walking barefoot on the stuff it feels heated.....LOL When I did my test pond in the winter it was 500 gallons and despite my basement being like 60 degrees I was still able to keep the 500 gallons above 80 with only 2 250 watt heaters. The 150 gallon ag vat took 4 heaters to stay above 80.

I see what you mean.... I will keep that in mind for sure.

 

[DB junkie]

Yeah that changes things a bit.....lmao..... Rolls of insulation and duck tape!!!!!

 

[BigJ]

My basement stays 70 degrees all the time.. This will help?

 

[Nic]

yea if room temp is constant....that does help...

 

[Nic]

why not make a nice wood frame to hold the pond... then you could hide the insulation and make it much more eye apealing... use 1/4" luan as it is flexible and could curve to the pond... some stain and a coat of shelac and you are set????