The giza float tent consists of a tank and a top. The tank is a Meowant off-the-shelf doggy/kiddie pool and the top is a 61-inch high pyramid with the same angle as the pyramid of Giza. You may peruse the entire Google photos album. Here are a few photos to give you an idea of the build.
There are 2 heating systems for the tent.
One heating system heats the floor of the tank:
- a HeatTrak snow melting mat. The HeatTrak pulls about 200 watts.
- a Thermal Guardian 325 watt waterbed heater.
Both of these heaters run into an Inkbird temperature controller.
The other heating system is an Aquatop submersible heater that has its own temperature controller.
Now that you have an idea of the build, how was the float?
Well the floor of the tank was too hot for comfort. I was afraid to step into the tank it was literally that hot. And the surface water was not warm at first and for first time in 30 years of floating, my hands literally felt cold.
Because the specific gravity of the solution was 1.15, I definitely need another 8-10 50lb bags of salt.
Oh my god, how do I get out of this tank?!
Because the tank is circular, it is very easy to start hydroplaning around and because it is symmetrical. There are no visual landmarks for the exit. So you basically just keep trying to raise a corner of the tent until it works – 3 corners are anchored to the pyramid poles and one corner is not. When you win the game of Hollywood Squares and find the right corner, you may exit.
The water temperature and a rookie mistake
In this picture below we see the temperature probes within 1 foot of the Snow melting mat and the thermal guardian:
This is an amateur mistake: it leads to getting reads of the heating mats instead of just the water.
so here is what I did:
I got a piece of cardboard and had it touch the floor of the tank. then I put the probe about 2-3 inches into the wetness because that’s where I want a temp of about 93.5 deg F. Then I used Giant Paper Clips from Office Depot to attach the probe to the cardboard and then attached the cardboard to the wall of the pool with another giant paper clip.