Hi..

For those not aware (new readers) I recently purchased a
72" long, 18" deep and 24" high tank to replace one of my
4 foot tanks (replace she says...hmmm we will see).

Found.

The only thing remaining is to decide on lighting (apart
from lights which really depend on whether we build a hood
and go florescent or decide to suspend lights above). The
room that the tank is in has excessive natural light (it
is a Conservatory with a glass roof) so I'm not too
concerned

[Conservatory]:
At the moment the water of my shrimp tank in our small
conservatory at the north side of our house is having 12°C
(last night 7°C). The room is heated.

[Excessive natural light]:
Sounds like a room in south or south-west direction.
Is this new tank open or closed (evaporation)?

Is your conservatory heated (humidity, thermal insulation of
the wall, ventilation)?

I will probably look into this feature in more
depth once I start having to do the water changes with a
bucket (lol)

:-)

The next stage is to equalize the water between the two
tanks (the old one is a 47.5gall). So right now I'm on
daily water changes on the old tank and topping it up with
a combination of water from the new one and tap water. I
plan to do this for most of the week and then move the
fish next weekend....hmmm, it will be fun trying to catch
them....

Good luck.

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cu
Marco