Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 8:31 pm
Where do you have styrofoam insulation? How did you attach it to the tanks?chefkeith wrote:Tinman- Most of the heating is like yours, through the heat of pumps/filters/lighting. My fishroom isn't in a basement, but still it gets very cold near the outside walls/windows during the winter. On my main tanks, this past winter I used only 1- 200 watt heater for for keeping 250g up to temperature. The heater was on a timer and only turned on when the aquarium lights turned off. (I downgraded my tanks, so that I could upgrade them. It's taken me awhile to it upgraded though).
The styrofoam insulation, helped out alot. I would of had to run a few heaters otherwise. I ran 6 filters and 1 pump Totaling 145 watts. I ran about 155w of lighting 10 hours per day also.
My fishroom is small. It's an 11 ft by 11ft room. That probably helps keep it warm. Like I said before, the tanks heat up the room about 5F degress warmer than the rest of the house also.
