Quote Originally Posted by reptilian74 View Post
You would probably need bigger than a 10 gallon water heater to do the job. The most important thing to get right is the water flow, too fast and heat will not transfer, too slow and too much heat will transfer. This is all dependent on pump size (gpm). Plus I would assume that you would want individual control on the cages and racks. In order to do this you would have to install solenoids and bypass valves with multiple t-stats to control them. Basically what you would have is a boiler to heat your racks and cages. Good luck,
Wil
Yeah I though of that I may not have individual controls for each tank but may split it into 3 columns (at 10 high each column) or something along those lines and anything that has special heat requirements will have its own heating system most likely flexwatt. that way I can have the minimal amount of energy used to properly keep my animals. I will definetly build in several safeties so I don't cook my animals . I am trying to find some sort of solenoid I could use inline which I will hook to another t-stat which will activate at 90 degrees or whatever I need at the time to close a valve in case it gets too hot that way it will bypass the racks and go back to the holding tanks.