Keeping A Tank Near A Fire?

[JamieBailie]

I can't see it being a problem either. The water temperature will rise slowly if it does (Slowly enough for you to put out the fire and move the tank if it does get too hot)

I would do it and see how it goes. Get a glass of water and set it at the same distance that the most protruding part of the fish tank would be, See if it heats up with the fire lit!

 

[CAC]

The problem is I can just "move it" It would take a long, long time to do that, and if it dont work out then Im screwed, theres no where else for it to go. I havent got the tank you see.

 

[JamieBailie]

Try what I said about the glass and see what happens!

 

[targa66]

Why would you put it near a fire? What kind of fire are we talking about, a fireplace? Just find a safer spot, and it will heat the tank up.

It's confusing b/c in UK a "fire" is what they call a gas or electric fireplace in the US - only know this b/c I moved here to UK two years ago and couldn't figure out what people were referring to when they said they had a "fire" near the "settee" (that's a couch).

 

[Teelie]

Smoke is drawn straight out the chimney, Virtually no smoke should ever enter the room

There's always some smoke that doesn't go straight into the chimney and depending on the condition of said chimney, more than is safe in some cases.

 

[JamieBailie]

My nan still has a coal/wood fire, I have never smelt smoke when I enter her house, Or anyones house that has a fire for that matter.

 

[jarcher1390]

im sure it would only heat up the tank about 2 degrees c anyways i would defiantly not put tropical these temperature fluctuations would be too great, i personally would not recommend it as a heater for a tank as for smoke i've got 2 tank in the same room with a wood burning stove smoke is not a problem as it it drawn from the chimney i'm more worried about cleaning agents and smoke from the kitchen (after ma dad burned the chip and meat) personally.

 

[D4N]

we have a wood burning stove and some smoke does get out but ours might not be set up perfectly. So i wouldnt worry to much about that as long as it is set up OK.
By puting a glass of water next to the tank and seeing if it heats up is pointless cos it will heat up alot quicker than 30g,40g,50g ect of water. just like if you fill a kettel full it will take longer than half full kettel.
How big is the tank going to be?

 

[CAC]

It will be 800 litres (like I said before) 200g.
The smoke is no problem whatsoever, it cant exactly "melt" into the water or anything, and cos a wood burning stove has a kinda mini chimney on it the smoke leave it at about 3 feet up the chimney anyway, so its not going to come back down/out. Its really just the heats effect on the glass I think. And maybe the temperature of the water, but its such a lot of water it should hold its "coolness" well.

Mike

 

[jarcher1390]

It will be 800 litres (like I said before) 200g.
The smoke is no problem whatsoever, it cant exactly "melt" into the water or anything, and cos a wood burning stove has a kinda mini chimney on it the smoke leave it at about 3 feet up the chimney anyway, so its not going to come back down/out. Its really just the heats effect on the glass I think. And maybe the temperature of the water, but its such a lot of water it should hold its "coolness" well.

Mike

sorry to burst ya bubble but 800 liter is not 200 UK gallons its around 180 gallon that should be fine as i've got my 6ft room in ma lounge with the wood burning stove but u will need 2 300-watt heaters as well when the fire is not on

 

[CAC]

Erm, yes I know its not 200 UK gallons, its 200 US gallons...Thats what I allways use on this forum (as do most) because its internationally recognised whereas imperial arent.
I was planning on 2 400W heaters, theres abit of a draft from under the wood in our lounge.
How close is your tank to the stove? Does it ever overheat?

 

[jarcher1390]

Erm, yes I know its not 200 UK gallons, its 200 US gallons...Thats what I allways use on this forum (as do most) because its internationally recognised whereas imperial arent.
I was planning on 2 400W heaters, theres abit of a draft from under the wood in our lounge.
How close is your tank to the stove? Does it ever overheat?

5-6 feet from the heater but it close to a radiator and i never had a problem with over heating as its such a great volume of water it take a lot of energy to raise the water temperature

 

[starrynightxxi]

personally, I wouldn't do it, but that's just a matter of caution on my part. I wouldn't expect the glass to bow because it takes pretty high temperatures to do that (think glass cookware, for example), and I wouldn't worry about the temperature because a tank that big would take a good long time to change temp. I MIGHT worry about the silicone sealant, but that's not with any proof or experience to back up the concern. I'd be worried that it might be damaged by being close to high heat - not to mention the fluctuation of heat - and then the structure of the tank is very, very compromised.

on a side note, catfish are cool, what sort of fish is that in your avatar? I've always wondered...

 

[CAC]

Yeah thats a good point, never really thought about that. However I would imagine the sealant to be very tolerant of heat, its on the inside of the tank anyway so the water inside the tank should keep it cool. Think about silicon used for showers (which is pretty much the same as the stuff used in aquaria) which can take alot of heat from hot showers, and water from a shower is much hotter....
Oh its a Channa bleheri, a rainbow snakehead

 

[znk]

Well I guess it's not clear to me the kind of wood burning stove and the use. I know that when we used the one my old house to heat up the room it would be pretty hot if you stood within a 7'-8' radius of it. Room temp would climb to lets say 25+ if we wanted to warm up other rooms. But that's not realy important. What is in my mind was that objects within this radius would get much warmer than the room temp because of radiating heat. That's different from heat transfered by warming air. It's basicaly infrared light. And in our case we used it alot during the winter. So that's what made me think the fish could die. In my case if the tank had been near our stove I have no doubt the water temp would have been arround 30-35C during the winter.