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flower~power

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Like 300 for my grow room and tort room.
300 for the living space.

Solar might be a good thing idk it’s an investment.
Tabulating some of the wattage for example there’s an 800 W heater out for the goldfish 300 gallon stock tank that runs 24 seven that’s sucking some power & spinning the dials, I found that out yesterday … fish is co$ting electric …
 

Lester Beans

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I’m wondering what’s the best place to live in our country? Be nice to know.

I've lived in several places around the country and I feel I live in the best place for me. I love the seasons and everything else except the cost. It's a trade off I guess, no matter where you live.

Can you bring the fish inside and not have to run the heater so hard?
 

Farmer John

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Tortoise vivarium
I have a 80 lbs Sulcata tortoise that lives inside for the winter. Has his own 650watt cmh and florescent uv desert bulbs 4 footers times 8.
My aunts best friend, she is 40+ years old. 🥰
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flower~power

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I've lived in several places around the country and I feel I live in the best place for me. I love the seasons and everything else except the cost. It's a trade off I guess, no matter where you live.

Can you bring the fish inside and not have to run the heater so hard?
I love it here for the same reasons that you do but it’s getting expensive in New York (I don’t know why I would think it would be any different anywhere else to be honest) The goldfish are impossible to bring indoors everything else is already indoors for the winter
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flower~power

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flower~power

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I should have that goldfish stock tank insulated and sealed if I was to be real conservative about heat loss but to be honest they do go in the cold weather dormancy a bit I’m gonna try and maintain it at 60° I dial down the heater as much as possible plus it’s the oxygenation in the water which is more important than the actual temperature during the winter so I set up a fountain
 

Jenn

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I don't heat my outdoor fish pond. I throw a bubbler in the water to leave a hole in the ice. The fish have been in there for years and do just fine. They go dormant (torpor), don't eat, don't swim, they are just there waiting for spring.
 

Jenn

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There is no ice on my pond at the moment, but you get the idea. These fish have been in here for about fifteen years.

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