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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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Hydronics heat?

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I'm wondering if anyone has used a hydronics system to heat thier racks. I'm debating if it would be economical, feasible, and if the system could make adjustments in a reasonable time. Personally I think if you set it up as back heat, it could prove to be much more efficient then heat tape. I would like some input from others who have thought about this, tried this or know someone who has. Thanks
 
I don't know of anyone who currently uses something like that, but have been talking to a couple aquarium pals about what it would take to set up a working system since PE's big fire got me to thinking about some sort of alternative heat source. All the parts for the system are manufactured to do that specific job, whereas heat cables and flexwatt aren't designed for heating snakes. It definitely sounds doable on paper.

I won't get a chance to start trying to build something and tinker until late next year, so I'm just as interested as you are in hearing others' experience or opinions.
 
Since the smallest boiler I can find is 50k BTU, I've figured an alternative. I'm thinking of using a hot water heater, with an expansion tank, then a pressure regulator, circulator, it will then split to run baseboard heat and run behind the racks, then on the return it will need a mixing valve because of the 2 differant temps and zones. Figured i can do the setup for about 800$ and should save me that in utilities in 3-4 years. Any thoughts?
 
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