Marco Schwarz wrote:
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.


The room faces west so gets a lot of sun from midday onwards. Temps
don't drop significantly now we have Air Con in there, which I'm also
hoping will help in the summer to keep it cooler - not just for the
fish. The walls are cavity wall insulated and the glass is K Glass.
There are lots of opening windows and we have window blinds that somehow
are supposed to keep in the heat in the winter and cool the room in the
summer (can't exactly remember the marketing blurb).

The tank has a sliding glass lid - I have already noticed the water
condensing on the lid - hmmm, another thing to think about - it doesn't
look too pretty..

Gill