Take extra precaution this winter on fish bought....

[aquitori]

I think I will take extra precaution this fall and I have my QT with a heater so I can check for KHV...75 degrees and above...

[jnorth]

Good call. How about some good ideas for heating a 700 gallon Q tank?

[bekko]

Win the lottery and crank up a boiler with a titanium heat exchanger :>)

-steve

[vipldy]

Last year we heated our 1000 gal. basement pond with regular aquarium heaters and heat from the furance helped to.


Marie

[ChrisC]

Quote: Originally Posted by jnorth Good call. How about some good ideas for heating a 700 gallon Q tank?

I heat my 8' show tank which is about that size gallon-wise with an in-pond heater from Aquatic Eco Systems. It has a titanium sleeve in case I salt.

[Tom C]

I have a thermaKoi heater I hooked up to my out door QT tank last year. It's a 6' show tank. The heater kicked a** all winter long. I was told it wouldn't do the job without coving and wrapping it. I got it up to 80 degrees without coving it or wrapping it in the winter. Once I wrapped it and covered it, the heater didn't have to work as hard. If you're planning on heat cycling the heater is killer. I'm guessing once it was covered and wrapped I could have brought the temp up well over 100 degrees with no problem (you never want to bring it up that high). The nice thing about it is, it keeps the temp real stable. I will be using it again this year and I always use it when I QT new koi.

Tom

[Bamm Bamm]

Good idea.. I'm going to use a few 250w heaters from my Reef tanks to heat my 300g Q tank..