Dixon1990 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 What would be the cheapest way of heating a 80-120L pond? Only to around 24ish for some tropicals over the rest of summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 use an aquarium heater u will probably find it will hardy be on at all as most of our days have been warm so far , maybe cover it with a sheet of polystyrene at night that will help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 The cheapest way to heat it would be to make sure its well insulated. Is it inside or outside? 120L isn't much of a pond is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Outside :lol: It may be a bit bigger, its 4foot long. Made of some black plastic stuff :lol: And if i do end up heating it im just going to keep some fish like Peppered corys and glowlight tetras or something else cheapish that likes a lowish ph , Just to see if they do reproduce, as it will be easier to do w/c and will have constant green water and mossie larvae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Why do you need to heat it if it is only over summer? I breed tropicals outside over summer using a 6ft diameter kiddie pool. Don't need to heat it as it stays as warm as the tank inside, if not warmer during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Just as a precaution.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Cheapest way long term or cheapest way short term? Short term just make sure it's insulated as well as you can and throw a couple heaters in it. Long term...Probably you'd want something like coils of hose on a roof to be heated by the sun or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Short term Il just make a insulated lid that goes on each night. might not even happen though, gotta talk to the parents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 I think it would work out pretty expensive the ground under the pond would suck the heat out at night.. Might be better to just chuck a big tank outside and line it with poly unless you stick some pond liner on something insulating? The fish you are talking about are probably hardy enough to survive overnight, maybe if you wanted it as a precaution you could set it to 20 to make sure it didn't drop real low in a cold snap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 ild be a bit worried about it getting cold throughout the nite myself... what sort of fish do you breed in a pond caryl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_W Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 solar? just pump all the water through black hosing that is exposed to the sun :lol: can heat a swimming pool, why not a fish pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 solar? just pump all the water through black hosing that is exposed to the sun :lol: can heat a swimming pool, why not a fish pond. Does that really work? How much pipe do you need exposed to the sun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Does that really work? How much pipe do you need exposed to the sun? 100m coil of black polythene pipe layed on a tin roof will produce a lot of warm water. Enough to make a noticable difference (several degress) to a Parapool anyway. Probably enough to cook the fish in a small pond!!! The problem with a pond is you need the heat at night... Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 The hardest part with the heated pipe in a pond that size wuld be keeping the water cool enough - it's very easy to overheat with the black pipe method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 And with the black pipe style heating you also run the risk of it drawing warm water out of the pond and it cooling at night as it can work as a heat sink. Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Like Caryl, I have raised or bred a number of fish in a pond over summer without heat (white clouds, platies and swords, killies etc). You should be sweet after xmas. You will probably have more problems with heat than without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 guppies been outdoors here for about 3-4weeks and noticed a couple of fry out there (water temp 17 on cold day/night upto 26during day this was about 2weeks ago havent checked temp as of late) only advantage to heating is you can put outside earlier and leave out longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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