how bout flexwatt on a fish tank? :D

[takagari]

i know this isnt a fishf orum but you guys know flex watt and in all honestly I'm setting upa huge tank and am starting to think putting a probe in the water and laying some wide flex under the tank... I dunno. in floor heating for the fishies?


seems to me likeit may work as long as i keep it dry?

[mainbutter]

Personally I'd stick to more commercial water heaters.. Usually those are submerged in the water and get direct heat source->water contact, which should heat better than through glass.

then again, I can imagine flexwatt might work just as well..

[Peter Williams]

Sounds like it COULD work...

[takagari]

yeah. im thinking it may even work really well. I mean I would need a thrmostat to keep it at 80 be in reality its proven tow ork through glass. would look cleaner. I may run a couple strips on my sump for my new 90g

[Beardedragon]

It wont heat the water. Also, it might be a bad idea, high heat on the glass + cold water seems like to me it would break the glass.

[temec]

it would most likely break the glass.. if you dont want it to look bad.. maybe get it drilled and build a sump to put everything in so you have no equip in the display

[snakewrangler]

i know this isnt a fishf orum but you guys know flex watt and in all honestly I'm setting upa huge tank and am starting to think putting a probe in the water and laying some wide flex under the tank... I dunno. in floor heating for the fishies?


seems to me likeit may work as long as i keep it dry?

This sounds like a terrible idea and an electrical hazard.

I would seriously doubt that your tank is so "huge" that you could not use one of the commercially available titanium 1000w heaters.

[takagari]

i never said i scould or wasnt. Its something i'm looking at experimenting with. and if I put it on a GFI i'm sure its perfectly safe.

i dont see why it wouldnt heat the water? and if its kept at a lower temp it wouldnt beed enough head to crack the glass...

explain why you think this? maybe if the water was ice, and i applied it at full heat.

[Beardedragon]

i never said i scould or wasnt. Its something i'm looking at experimenting with. and if I put it on a GFI i'm sure its perfectly safe.

i dont see why it wouldnt heat the water? and if its kept at a lower temp it wouldnt beed enough head to crack the glass...

explain why you think this? maybe if the water was ice, and i applied it at full heat.

The amount of heat it takes to heat water is very high, and having the flexwatt on a low setting would hardly heat the glass. Have you ever felt a water heater? They get HOT! Some ive heard, which I think have a glass case, get so hot that if the water level gets lower than it, the heater itself will explode.

[snakewrangler]

i never said i scould or wasnt. Its something i'm looking at experimenting with. and if I put it on a GFI i'm sure its perfectly safe.

i dont see why it wouldnt heat the water? and if its kept at a lower temp it wouldnt beed enough head to crack the glass...

explain why you think this? maybe if the water was ice, and i applied it at full heat.

A GFI would certainly protect you against a specific type of electrical hazard. The serious danger would present itself when you tried to wire enough flexwatt (fed from standard duplex wall outlets) to heat a regularly sized aquarium.

The amount of energy it takes to heat water is tremendous. It is ridiculous to imagine the amount of heat tape it would take to heat a standard size aquarium, especially when it is recommended that the user keep the Flex-Watt at 95 degrees or less to reduce the risk of fire.

There is a reason that most household water heaters have a heating element that is rated between 4,000 and 5,000 watts. Buy a titanium heater that is made for aquariums. Its safer, cheaper, and people will take you more seriously.