Habitat - Outdoor :: Advice on keeping pond warm in garage

[RiverChubbs]

Well my husband and Were going to put the pond in the office but decided it is going to take up way to much room and be even a bigger deal to daycare licensing...even though the garage and office are both off limmits to the children. Any how. If I cover the pond with plexi glass and put a blanket on the cement floor between the plastic pond to prevent some cold from coming up bottom and buy a heater adequate enough to warm up that much water (I am going to measure it today - I think it is 80 or 100 gallons) and buy an extra basking lamp does anyone know if this will keep the water warm enough? I guess I could set it up and check...Just leave it for a week or so and stick a thermometer in there every few hours to make sure the water is the right temp. I am going to need the supplies anyway fro my permanent outdoor pond, so it wont be a waste of money if it does not work. Let me know your thought. Thank you. I would say the garage (this time of year) stays between 30 and 70 degrees.

[steve]

Covering the top would help, especially at night. Is this a preformed plastic pond? If you haven't purchased one yet, I would go for a stock tank. They are thicker and you would have an easier time to add the blankets around it and under it. The pond has a "curvy" shape and would take longer to setup and keep warm. It would also have a wider surface area in relation to the depth which would make it harder to keep the water warmer.

[RiverChubbs]

Yikes...yeah I have a preformed black plastic pond...I got it for only $25 and it is temporary. So...I hope I can keep the water warm okay ( I better keep my 20 gal tank just in case...It doesn't work...then I can out them back in