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Posted	small fish house
17-06-2007 09:45 by chris	anyone got any usefull websites please? im thinking if building one howver it will be small. when i say small i mean 5ft x 5ft max as this is the only available space for me to do it (behind the shed) as im still youngish and living with parents it will house about 2 - 3ft x 1ft x 15 inches deep 2 - 2ft x 1ft x 16 inches deep 2/3 - 14 inch x8 x 8 1 - 2ft x 8 x 8 inch tank will have power to run air pumps heating and lights however my main consern is insulation so nay help would be great thanks chris
17-06-2007 10:12 by robert.pope	Chris is the space avalible within the shed? if this is the case then Polystyrene should do the job easy to cut to size and fix in place,go for the foil coated stuff ( Kingspan i think ) Dont forget you would make life easy for yourself with running water in your fish house and also a Drain.
17-06-2007 11:15 by chris	i was thinking about using just polystyrene sheets. i was also thinking of using a silver foil bubble wrap on top of the polystyrene. drain very good point will be adding it to my list thanks
17-06-2007 11:27 by PaddyD	Have a look at this one. although much bigger than yours the insulation techniques can be used. http://www.ta-aquaculture.co.uk/Fish_House.htm http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Tanks/fishouse.htm http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=85922 Polystyrene is cheap and good, But over time it will hold water if left exposed to the moisture in the fish room and loose much of its insulation properties.# Kingspan is much better but more expensive. And you would need a thinner amount than normal polystyrene, which might be important in a small fish house. Kingspan
17-06-2007 19:03 by robert.pope	Thanks Paddy i have enjoyd reading the sites you listed the first being the best
17-06-2007 21:13 by chris	thanks paddy was a great read and very helpfull chris
18-06-2007 21:33 by tony	hi i just finished a heated pond polystyrene dose the job water temp at 80 heater is rarley on i all so got a roll of the bubbel wrap with the silver on it will put this on in winter if needed
19-06-2007 06:57 by Phill Austen	a waterproof membraine over the insulation is worth consideration (condensation seems to occur behind it otherwise)

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