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Post by plecoman on May 1, 2012 22:04:06 GMT -6
I have two 50 watt Jager heaters, each in a 10 gallon tank, that are only a few months old. The temp keeps rising in both tanks and I've been turning them down all day, and they keep rising. This makes 4 Jager heaters that have gone bad on me.
I going back to the Marineland visi-therm deluxe heaters. The Marineland stealth pro heaters were the best I've ever had, but they recalled them. I'm hoping the visi-therm is the next best thing.
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Post by ree123 on May 1, 2012 22:32:14 GMT -6
Why were the Marineland stealth pro heaters recalled ? I don't use individual heaters so I hadn't heard. My whole room is heated in colder months.
I do know the visi-therm heaters have been around for quite some time, thus I would presume quite reliable.
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Post by tradewatertropical on May 1, 2012 23:54:15 GMT -6
The Stelth heaters were recalled because they were actually blowing up and even causing house fires. I had 20+ of the Stelth when they did the recall and sent them back in and they were replaced with the new Visi-Therm heaters and pardon the expression, but they suck big time !!! Out of the 22 they sent as replacement 12 of them have already gone out. The light comes on and makes you think they are working, but when you touch the tank it is ice cold !! They are a good looking heater, but just don't last long at all. I believe they should replace the ones they used as replacements with ones that will work or get out of the heater business !! They do make some really good filters though, so I will give the that !!!
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Post by aaron on May 2, 2012 4:54:15 GMT -6
As for heaters, part of the care for it is logging temps in several places in the aquarium. Believe it or not if you take a fully submersible heater, and place two of them far enough apart you can regulate the temp better. That is if they shut off (which most newer ones do compared back in the day). Plus if say one is going out the other picks up the slack. This is only feasiable if you log your temps daily. I check mine in the morning and when I get off of work. I can adjust the temps or pull heaters out when needed, though I never have to.
Try the Coralife submerisable pro's. I have a few and they seem to be quite accurate. I have my 75g regulated from a pair of them. Been running for about a year on the pair, with out having issues. Hey if you want to get really fanatic you can drop a low watt heater in the sump like me to help ensure it's the same temp all over.
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Post by AlanM on May 2, 2012 6:22:45 GMT -6
I'm using Fluval heaters and they have been working great, holding temps within 1 to 2 degrees constantly. I bought them on Amazon and got them for about half retail price and shipped free.
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Post by tradewatertropical on May 2, 2012 7:13:23 GMT -6
I had looked at the Fluval and was tempted, but didn't know anything about them so thanks for the info. !!! I believe I will check them out. Thanks !!
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Post by plecoman on May 2, 2012 21:21:00 GMT -6
I was talking to the guy from Kensfish today about heaters, and he told me that the Sera heaters were good and that he had never had anyone complain about them or return one. They cost a little more than the visi-therm, but the price isn't bad. However, I still think that I'm going to go with the Marineland visi-therm deluxe heaters. Also, Kensfish has some of the best prices you can find on heaters, filters, pumps, etc.
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Post by signde on May 2, 2012 22:04:35 GMT -6
i've had problems out of every single brand of heaters I've ever used. Most all of the times it has been them going out on me... this includes Marineland stealth pro, Marineland visitherm. The worst of it though was going out of town for a few days and coming home to a growout tank of 90 degrees and all my prized juvies dead. I was just about the transfer them to the show tanks, too.
Jager are the one brand I've not tried but from my research they seem to get the best reviews.
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Post by jon carman on May 3, 2012 6:03:19 GMT -6
I like jagers. I have had 20 plus of them and they are best I have used. Not that there aren't better out there. Just in my case they have been reliable. But as a whole I hate heaters.
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Post by glenoweth on May 3, 2012 6:49:34 GMT -6
I seem to do things a bit diff when it comes to heaters. i will put a smaller then rec heater in a fish tank on full blast and monitor it very closly to see how high the temp in teh tank will get with that heater wide open. normaly the heaters i pick will get the tank to about 73F then i add one just like it to the other side of the tank , or sump. only reason i do this is because i dont trust heaters! and after losing 450$ worth of tropheous because a heater stopped working and i did not notice it, and a bounch of othere heaters cooking fish! i figured this would be the best thing to do.
Here is why, thechances of both heaters going bad at the same time is slim, and if one does go bad and get stucks on the other side should shut of not letting the water get over 73F ,and viseversa. heaters seem to last me 4 years on average, and it sems like most the times they get stuck on!!! and just run wide open, resulting in BBQ fish.
just somethign i do for my inside tank, the garage is Heated ,and cooled.
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Post by paddysdaddy on May 3, 2012 7:28:45 GMT -6
Name a heater produced in the last 35 years and my experience is that they fail. Period. All of them. Maybe in 3 months, maybe in 3 years but very few have attained that service life for me. Yes, including the stainless or titanium ones with remote sensors, yes, the german ones, ALL, I said ALL of them. And they seem to always fail open-meaning ON. Hello, who ordered the cichlid soup?
I use undersized heaters in my display tanks and my fish room has 6000 gallons and ONE &^%% aquarium heater in a fry tank. The real heater for the room is a 50,000 BTU greenhouse furnace and a 30,000 BTU backup on a separate propane tank.
Why is it seemingly impossible to design, build and market a reliable device to warm the water to tropical temperatures?
I won't try the latest Gee-whiz, computer-controlled techno wonder in the heater market, no matter who markets or endorses it. I've learned my lesson. To each their own.
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Post by fuzzylogic on May 3, 2012 9:13:45 GMT -6
I just bought a lil tetra heater on a whim last night at wal-mart. Has anyone had any luck with these?
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Post by tradewatertropical on May 3, 2012 20:04:44 GMT -6
To be honest the heaters I have had the best luck with over the last 30+ years has been the Hagen hang on the back heater. I still have some of my origional heaters to this day. Not saying I didn't have a lot of them to go bad over the years, but compaired to what trouble I have had out of these so called modern tech. they were a great heater. Fuzzy I have also used several of the Tetra heaters over the years and a lot like the Hagen you just set them and forget them. I do have a few of those left too and really have no complaints on either !! You may not be able to hide them in the tank as easily as the newer ones, but if you can install them and on the most part forget them, I can deal with them hanging in a corner of the tank !! LOL !!
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Post by tpindell on May 3, 2012 20:46:15 GMT -6
I just bought a lil tetra heater on a whim last night at wal-mart. Has anyone had any luck with these? Couldn't seem to get a stable temp with the one we had. Might be a one off issue though. |
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