Heater failed, have extra?

[Veganbrian]

Merry christmas to me! My heater for my reef tank stopped working at 11:20 on christmas eve... Couldnt be at a worse time. The heater i have is two months old and i did not think it would fail on me this fast. I only have a 50W heater for my RODI bucket so i have no idea what to do. Does anyone happen to have a extra 150W-200W heater laying around i could barrow?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

wow. stupid things always happen at the worst time!
I can only help you by giving a suggestion:

turn the room temperature up. This is how most LFS's do it. Keep the room warm. Jack the thermostat up to 70 -72F and use your 50w heater to reach 75F in the reef aquarium.

And when purchasing heaters, get two. We always advise it here.
Two 100w heaters are much better than running one 200w heater for many reasons.

 

[Veganbrian]

Thanks Gary. I will be taking your advice and buy two heaters tomorrow. I did manage to get the tank temp to 74 degrees with what you suggested. Thanks again.

 

[PCKRAJ]

I have some extra heaters if you want to take a ride out to Alden

 

[Veganbrian]

Thanks PCKRAJ, I appreciate that offer, I managed to get my tank to 78 degrees so tomorrow i will go buy some new heaters. Anyone have a good experience with certain brands over others?

 

[Jacwil]

I prefer Fluval E Heaters.