Starting a fish room how much to run

[BigAlbert]

Hi I have a wooden shed I would like to turn into a fish room.
It measures 11 feet long 7 Feet wide and 7 foot 7 inches high internal measurement
The walls are insulated with 75mm kingspan and the ceiling is insulated with 100mm kingspan.
Has anyone got any idea what it will cost to run a year.i have had several fish rooms before but the last one was around 10 years ago I want to breed dwarf chichlids and live bearers. I will use mostly 15 gallon tanks and heat with an oil radiator.
Albert

 

[Josh]

So many variables here. How much is power where you live? How cold are the winters?

ps Welcome to the forum and thanks for joining the group!

 

[BigAlbert]

I live in the north east of England just want a rough idea so I know I can afford it. I am a pensioner so have to be careful I don't take on something I can not afford

 

[MacZ]

I live in the north east of England just want a rough idea so I know I can afford it. I am a pensioner so have to be careful I don't take on something I can not afford

See, this is an international Forum. We have mainly members from North America and the EU. Without knowing the costs for energy in your region we can't help much with the cost calculation. Also Kingspan (haven't heard of this company before) has about a dozen types of insulation in different thicknesses. What about the windows and the door? Are those insulated, too? Does the door close tight? So many things to think about.

But considering the reagion you live in, a cold winter will likely bring your plan to shambles. I doubt it's enough to use a mobile radiator to keep the shed on temp once the outside temp drops below 5°C. Practicality is more limiting than money in this case. In summer this might turn quickly to reach an inside temperature of over 35° easily.

 

[anewbie]

You would wnat to heat the shed and not each aquarium; so that might be something you can figure out; the other major cost will be water (which could be very expensive or free if you have a well). Electricity for a large air pump that can run sponge filters to all the aquarium would be modest - the only other cost would be light but if you make these more traditional black water very modest room light might be sufficient.

 

[Mike Wise]

I think MacZ pointed to the major cost - keeping temps down in summer. This will probably require cooling and electricity. Something to take into consideration.

 

[BigAlbert]

I have moved and now have a garage
I am planning on building a fish room to be as energy efficient as possible.

I will be using a single garage inside measurement 16 ft by 8 ft after all insulation

The walls will be 150mm celotex the roof 200mm celotex all covered with pvc bathroom panels.

The floor will be 100mm celotex covered with 18mm marine plywood and epoxy paint

There are no windows only a single pvc door.

The garage door has been sealed shut.

This will have an extra 50mm of celotex.

I will be heating the room with a 3.5kw air to air heat pump.

As my tanks will be black water only an led strip will be over the tanks.

Only plants have low light levels like jarva moss .

I will be breeding apistogamas,Cory's and bristle nose catfish.

Can I have your feedback on what you think.

I will be putting a wooden frame under the floor to transfer the weight of the tanks to the concrete.

The tanks I plan on are 32 2 foot tanks on one side and on the other side 12 2 foot square tanks and 3 4 foot by 2 foot tanks all tanks between 12 and 15 inches high

Albert