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<blockquote data-quote="dj.reynolds." data-source="post: 548145" data-attributes="member: 36821"><p>I hope you do not mind me putting in my thoughts on the matter of heating the tanks, but heating the room by whatever means is not the way I would go. You have no means to keep the water at the correct temp. bearing in mind that the fish will require a fairly narrow temperature range to live in. and if a tank at the bottom becomes too cold they die, if the tanks at the top become too warm , they die. By all means insulate the shed, keep it at a certain temperature higher than the minimum tolerated, and lower than the maximum, but ensure the heaters control the temps of the tanks. The temperature of the shed if there are enough tanks in it and it is well insulated may well be decided by the heat lost from the tanks, a single glass panel is not a very good insulator.</p><p> Insulating the backs and sides and even the bottom of the tanks with polyfoam would cut your losses quite a bit.</p><p>Sorry I am rambling now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dj.reynolds., post: 548145, member: 36821"] I hope you do not mind me putting in my thoughts on the matter of heating the tanks, but heating the room by whatever means is not the way I would go. You have no means to keep the water at the correct temp. bearing in mind that the fish will require a fairly narrow temperature range to live in. and if a tank at the bottom becomes too cold they die, if the tanks at the top become too warm , they die. By all means insulate the shed, keep it at a certain temperature higher than the minimum tolerated, and lower than the maximum, but ensure the heaters control the temps of the tanks. The temperature of the shed if there are enough tanks in it and it is well insulated may well be decided by the heat lost from the tanks, a single glass panel is not a very good insulator. Insulating the backs and sides and even the bottom of the tanks with polyfoam would cut your losses quite a bit. Sorry I am rambling now. [/QUOTE]
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