Insulation question

[kangakoi]

Dear Board Members,

How can i insulate all of the aquarium to reduce heat loss? . I have seen some where that a discus tank got insultated by fiberglass bat. So could I:

1. Paint the bottom, back and two sides black.

2. using builder insulation liner and tape around the aquariums

3. what else? move to Queensland or Darwin. ;D

Please advise on the best solution.

PS I live in Perth, WA

[dillen]

Why do you need to insulate the tank.

There should be no need to do this unless you live in a wind tunnel. ;D.as a heater should be able to cope with all your temp needs.

[kangakoi]

Hi Dillen,

Thanks for the relied. the current temp here at nite is around 2-4C and if you to have 5 to six 3 foots tanks with 300w heater running nite and day they do add up. I was thinking to abandone the test breeding program and dump everybody into two tanks one for male and one for female to get them through the winter months. I have also thought to barcoding all the fish for ID and then dump all into two aquariums ;D.

The temp in Perth WA can be 40-42C in summer and 2-4C in winter so it an ideal place to keeping "Rocks" ;D

The LFS here keep all their tanks inside one room with aircon running 24/7 and unless I keeping my affairs in the shed i would not survive to the next fournight ;D

[Bumblebee]

valid question,

I have seen it also done this way:

1: tape desired background/paint back and sides of tank to desired effect
2: both batts or polystyrene sheeting can be used for insulation, most people prefer polystyrene for convenience sake and look, they simply get it cut to size then either tape it on or use a polystyrene safe glue to affix it, then paint over it with a poly-safe paint (solvents will dissolve it) for a permenant soloution.

the most expensive way is to then have this built into a wooden cabinet.