Matt
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Post by Matt on Aug 11, 2010 10:26:33 GMT -6
I'd like to know what brand heaters you all use in your tanks!
I've made the realization that my Top Fin heater isn't the best equipment for my 29g. On the absolute lowest setting, the water stays at 78 at night, and rises to almost 80 during the warm day. I've taken measures to reduce room temp fluctuation, but on further research, ideal temp for all of my inhabitants is 75.2 degrees.
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Post by bunnie1978 on Aug 11, 2010 12:54:42 GMT -6
I use Pro-Heat glass submersible heaters. They are not accurate, but I need the warmer temps. I tend to use heaters for my bigger tanks that are designed for smaller tanks.
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Post by bunnie1978 on Aug 11, 2010 12:57:15 GMT -6
What you could do is put your heater on a timer... say only coming on at night. With as warm as it is right now, you could almost do without it. BUT, if you would like to trade me yours for one or two of the pre-set heaters, I have a few.
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Post by vladsbtch on Aug 11, 2010 14:33:26 GMT -6
I use the eheim jager heaters now and haven't had any trouble with them. I have been slowly changing all of my heated tanks to that brand. They cost a little more but they work great.
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Post by jon carman on Aug 11, 2010 15:33:53 GMT -6
I use eheim jager too. I have about 20 of them, never had a problem.
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Matt
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Post by Matt on Aug 12, 2010 1:55:17 GMT -6
Cool, I've been looking at the Eheim Jager heaters. I just may place an order soon. My tank's doing well at 75-77 degrees heaterless at the moment.
Bunnie, you said your small heaters are pre-set? About what temp do they sit at? They could possibly be useful in my 10gal that I'm setting up now.
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Post by bunnie1978 on Aug 12, 2010 7:40:08 GMT -6
They are the Tetra small heaters, I think they are supposed to stay at about 76-78. That's not warm enough for my angelfish tanks, so I'm replacing them with the pro-heat ones.
In large tanks, the temp is much less variable so you might be good with just that as insurance.
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Post by signde on Aug 12, 2010 18:04:23 GMT -6
cichlid-forums has a lot of reviews of heaters: www.cichlid-forum.com/reviews/category_display.php?CatID=701i've read through them and it seems there are horror stories from almost every brand. i am definitely paranoid. its good to hear some of you have had success with jager. i bought a marineland visitherm (non-stealth) recently and after a week i could see that it was leaking water inside the glass shell. i'm currently using an visitherm stealth which is ceramic and supposedly less likely to short out. it has held up pretty well but is not really large enough for my tank... i've read mixed opinions that this is actually a better strategy because if the heater goes beserk it will take longer to cook you tank. |
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Post by bunnie1978 on Aug 12, 2010 18:13:15 GMT -6
Haha... you said beserk!! Hehehehehehhe
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Post by signde on Aug 12, 2010 18:25:01 GMT -6
should have been berserk lol
i fail at spelling
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Post by davidtcb1 on Aug 12, 2010 20:18:34 GMT -6
I've been using Rena heaters for the most part. Recently, have put a couple of those Rena smart heaters on my XP filters. They slip onto the inlet tube and the water actually flows through the heater and into the filter. Kinda cool, plus it hides those bright blue Rena tubes!
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Post by jon carman on Aug 12, 2010 21:26:55 GMT -6
I like the renas and stealth as well, I use both of them too. I just got a bulk discount on the jager. Any of these 3 are excellent.
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Post by tcollins on Aug 28, 2010 14:35:13 GMT -6
i have topfin, and as Matt said, i have it about as low as possible and it stays at 78 degrees. this is in my 18 gallon with a 30 gallon heater though. That said, i will definitely invest in a heater i know the absolute temperature i am setting it to, it is way annoying to deal with this top fin one
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