Have a 50 gallon tank. What kind of heater should I consider for Central Texas. This week it was down to 23 but is warming up again. Thanks.
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Have a 50 gallon tank. What kind of heater should I consider for Central Texas. This week it was down to 23 but is warming up again. Thanks.
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I have never used a heater in my 100 gallon but if I did I'd God to one of the farm supply stores and get one of those water trough heaters. Little expensive but probably best bang for the buck in the long run.
I put one in my tank but it wasn't enough, my tank is not in an enclosed place tho. Lost about 6 pounds, got to clean out and start over when it thaws.
Reese did it freeze completely I have about a pound in a coleman 56 at has had ice froze all over it but not completely froze and have lost about 2 dozen . Really can't afford a $40 heater for $15 of minnows when I'm gonna loose some anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
I dug a hole in the ground and buried a 55 gallon garbage can, ice is on the top except a small area where the pump is squirting water out of the tubing. I checked yesterday and the water temperature about halfway down was 31.8; our lows have been in single digits and highs in the teens and twenties this week. I only have a few minnows in there that were leftover from my last trip.
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Naw, but they all laying on the bottom, lol. Mine has only a couple places where the ice is not 3 inches thick and that is where the air pump stones are.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccollins
i went to Al few yrs back took my minnows put a lot of ice with them when I got to ramp I looked and all was on bottom in a circle piled up in a pile the size of a small circle about 8 dozen I thought sand I have done it now, only one option was left , pour out cold water refill with lake water and fish with dead minnow. So this I did when I got to my spot and open the engel cooler to get me some dead minnow every one of them was alive and swimming. I had some frogs to the bottom side of the ice at the top of my cooler the other day and when I poked him to get him off and out it swam off . There tough in cold water but not hot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
I haven't thrown them out, the heater was turned down so I turned it up some and hoping it will thaw. Gonna give them a chance.
You guys might want to watch what your posting or PETA will be nocking on your door and calling yas a bunch of minnow killers. :Rofl
I hope PETA shows up round here, I got a black lab that weighs bout a hundred pounds that will show the road right quick!!!:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by cevans
We couldn’t keep a minnow up here alive if we were using 3 heaters. They would probably get boiled anyhow. :Rofl Wind and cold has definitely been rough. I don’t mind the cold, but tired of the constant wind even all nite long.
What about a heat lamp clamped to something and aimed at the bucket?
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When my tanks were outside, I raised them up on cinder blocks, put some scrap lumber around them and put two heat lamps in aluminum reflectors under them. Ice would form on top of the 100 gallon tanks but never over an inch thick. Also had an old cast iron bath tub that I used for years and just put 100 watt light bulbs under it.
What about those aquarium Heaters for small amounts of water, like a small cooler or the Engels?
Should do the job.
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Think they would work fine since you have a lid and they are pretty insulated. They should retain enough heat to keep them goingQuote:
Originally Posted by bearclaw
Go to Tractor Supply or Attwood's and buy a stock tank heater for $30.00 or less. We had single digit temps for several days and the ices was 3-4" thick on my tanks. I put a new heater in one of the tanks overnight and the ice cap was gone the next day. I just kept rotating the heater to the various tanks to keep the tanks open. The aerators also kept the water moving to reduce the ice too. My tanks are 100 gals and 300 gals. These are used to keep the horse and cattle water troughs open thru the winter. Works like a charm. I have used them for 20 years.