RTC in the heat

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rob0521

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Hello guys. I am planning on getting a rtc tomorrow. It will be about 2-3" I want to get one of those 1100 gallon 10 foot diameter ponds from target for 75$ to house one of these beasts for life. Now theres no basements here in South Florida, and I can't convince my parents to allow a pool inside the house, so this is gong to go outside. Heating shouldn't be a problem, the lowest it ever gets is 60 for a day or 2 here in the winter, so i was planning on just leaving the pond 1/2 or 2/3 of the depth, too have less water to heat, and put a couple thousand watts in it. My question is; Can a rtc withstand the south Florida heat? In the amazon it gets much hotter then here and for a longer period of time, so i think it will be fine. It usually never gets to 90 here, so it going to probably top out in the high eighties. When it gets hotter I was planning on running a few bubblers or powerheads to increase the oxygen level.
Thanks in advance.
 
Im not in south Florida, But I have a 9inch RTC that has been out in our pond outside for about a month now, and he is going great. We had that heat wave going on for awhile where it was in the 100's and 110 with heat index. I plan on having his indoor pond/pool up by winter though. It gets a little too chilly here. But I have herd of people down south have them outside.

BUT I did have a little 3" outside before and it came up missing a few days later... I would make sure that you dont have any animals roaming where ever your going to put it outside... And make sure that there is no way they could get to it.
 
kntrygrl4lyfe;1131848; said:
Im not in south Florida, But I have a 9inch RTC that has been out in our pond outside for about a month now, and he is going great. We had that heat wave going on for awhile where it was in the 100's and 110 with heat index. I plan on having his indoor pond/pool up by winter though. It gets a little too chilly here. But I have herd of people down south have them outside.

BUT I did have a little 3" outside before and it came up missing a few days later... I would make sure that you dont have any animals roaming where ever your going to put it outside... And make sure that there is no way they could get to it.
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I was planning on not putting it into the pond until it was at least 14". I am probably going to put bird netting around it anyways to keep grass out when I cut the lawn. So I am not worried about that. Do you run extra air when it gets hotter?
 
better to fill it up to the top .
i think if you have half the volume but the surface area you will loose heater faster than twice as much water with the same surface area.

also if you make it in ground it will be better insulated
 
more water=less heat lost. Why don't you just keep the pond out of the sun? Is there an area of shade around your house?
 
Onion01;1132757; said:
more water=less heat lost. Why don't you just keep the pond out of the sun? Is there an area of shade around your house?
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I could probably do that, but then it will get colder in the winter and I don't want heating to cost alot. (I'm only 14) BTW I'm not another skylar. hahah.
 
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