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Marshel
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I am looking at building an ortemental pond. The pond will be 15' x 3' with an average depth of 2'. I caculated it out to 673 gallons and 45 square feet of surface area. I plan to put tropical fish in it and will have to maintain a temperature of 72F year round.
Worst case scenario would be an ambient temp of 0F.
Based on the gallons, surface area and ambient temperature, is there a formula to calculate BTU loss and wattage of heaters to maintain the 72 degree temp?
The initial thought is to use a heater simalar to the ones we use at work to heat our outside hydraulic units. Maybe use a home hot water heater, but I don't believe that will work.
I plan to control pond circulation and temp with a PLC and have that end handled.
Thank you
Worst case scenario would be an ambient temp of 0F.
Based on the gallons, surface area and ambient temperature, is there a formula to calculate BTU loss and wattage of heaters to maintain the 72 degree temp?
The initial thought is to use a heater simalar to the ones we use at work to heat our outside hydraulic units. Maybe use a home hot water heater, but I don't believe that will work.
I plan to control pond circulation and temp with a PLC and have that end handled.
Thank you