Your pond can form blocks or sheets of ice during winter. This situation must be anticipated as well otherwise will make pond-your fishes unhealthy or die. Therefore, we need a pond heater to keep warm & friendly the water of the pond. According to a research of Maryland University, it is better to use pond heaters that are equipped with a proper guard in order to avoid fish getting burned. Like other regular heaters, this heating appliance is also offered in a wide range of Watt’s sizes. Calculating the right size is not only important to ensure the unit work optimally & efficiently but also important to the health of your fish. Wrong size will lead to of an unnaturally environment suited to your fish that eventually will lead to death of your fish.
On other hand, according a research of Iowa State University, for any pond that has more than four feet deep does not need a pond heater, because (at bottom) there is enough water area for fish to survive during the cold temperature of the winter. The heating appliance is also not required for ponds that are located in regions with mild winters, especially for deep ponds! Well, let’s back to the topic of this article, if you need a pond heater, once again the BTUs size calculation is so crucial. Read pieces of helpful information below on how to select and buy the right pond heater size:
1. In this case, water is primer object of heating process! Therefore you must make estimation about the amount water of your pond correctly. You have to calculate the volume on cubic feet. Measure the average feet value of depth, width and length, and then calculate those three variables to get the volume. Convert the result to the number of gallons by multiplying with 7.48! So, now you get the volume on gallons.
2. Don’t miss to consider any survival requirements that usually also influence to the size of pond heater that you should choose. Make sure those survival requirements are actually needed for your fish during winter.
3. Before figuring out the size, you should understand clearly about the range temperature (minimum or maximum) your fish needs! Analyze also about the lowest water temperature of your local area can drop during winter.
4. To heat 250 gallons of water per 10 degrees, we need 1 watt energy. This means if we have 187,500 gallons we need a 750 watt pond heater for each 10 degrees we feel like to heat our pond.
5. The last tip; avoid choosing a heater that only can be functioned to get rid of the ice on the surface. It is so important to ensure the unit that you choose is also able to warm up water at the bottom of your pond.
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