Larval system question

[MimicTang]

Would there be any advantages or disadvantages to putting larvae tanks in a large plastic "tub" and having the tub provide uniform heat to all tanks? Doing so would remove one item from each tank.

 

[mwp]

I think it's easier to just heat the fishroom at that point, but I'm sure that would otherwise work provided the tub had some circulation in addition to the heater.

Matt

 

[jake levi]

Depending on the configuration it could be awkward to work in.

Are you talking about nets or actual glass/plastic tanks ? Matt makes a good point, circulating the water to ensure uniform heating could be problematic.

I think all things considered I'd go with separated larvae tanks and heating. I have raised the heat in my fishrm to 78, so the heaters only have a short heating range needed to go to.

 

[Atticus]

I ran seperate heaters in all of my tanks as each pair and each species respond differently to different temps. I used temp. to regulate fry growth rate and feeding rate also.