heater help need advise

[panaboy95]

my 75 gallon tank is in the basement and it is a little cold down there now that it has gotten so cold outside. i am going tommarow to figure out something to heat the basement it is only obout 60 degrees right now.

i am having problems keeping the tank warm. i have a 300 watt heater and a 200 watt heater in there now and it is doing the job but they are running all the time. i have burned up three heaters in a year and need to know what a good brand is. i thought about getting two 300 and putting them on some sort of controler. give me some sugestions on controlers and heaters


in the summer i hardly need a heater but i am hoping that when i put the heater in the basement it will help out a lot.

 

[StupidsReef]

The heater in the basement will help I'm sure. I'm not sure what the "best" brand heater would be though.

 

[panaboy95]

i was not talking about the brand of basement heater i am wanting a dependable tank heater.

 

[StupidsReef]

Thats what I meant when I said "best" brand of heater. I didn't proof read that I see I forgot to say for the tank LOL. Sorry about that.

 

[nano7joy]

JAGER- is normally a better than the rest kinda heater but I dont think they are submersible. Have seen them not work(manufacturing/shipping mistake I guess) but not malfunction.

Azoo- has a titanium heater that has a remote electronic thermostat that could possibly keep heat related problems away form the controller.

ETH In-Line heaters- which claim be more efficient and in theory I think it might be

I'm trying to think of away that you could stager the settings so that so that certain heaters could help raise the temp but not completely maintain it.

Ranco Temperature Controllers- may be the answer to the staged heating Idea but expensive

Only real life experiences that i can apply is the Ebo-JAGER had a large tank in a restaurant that would turn the heat off at night and that heater ran hard and long in the winter for as many years as I maintained that tank

Hope all that helps

JJ

 

[DrBDC]

After breaking about a half dozen or so glass heaters on various tanks, I was surfing eBay one day and found Finnex heaters w/controllers. They are titanium and have a controller which I have set up on a double safety cut off. My aquacontroller is the main control for temp and then just in case it doesn't turn it off, the heaters controller is only set for 81. But I've been running this one for 2.5 years. I am on my second one because the first one formed bubbles on it similar to rust bubbles on a car fender. I contacted the company and sent it to them in Illinois and in less than a week I had a brand new one. That happened in the first 6 months and the replacement has been going about 2 years.

 

[Schplitter]

The best thing to do is to heat the basement. I work a lot and there is nobody in the house for days at a time. I still leave the house at 75 just to make sure the heater in the tank does not die on me by runing constantly.

2 300W titanium heaters should do the job but I would buy a 3rd one as a failsafe. It only takes a few hours in cold water to kill everything in your tank.

Good luck,

BK

 

[nano7joy]

Ive never seen a heater thermostat break in the off position. Don't they normally break in the on position ?
Which is why its often recommend to have more smaller heaters as compared to one large heater possibly being to big and sticking wide open and cooking things ?
Now the way I read/interprated your post is the heaters have actually burned out there elements because they run constantly. Which is truly a unique situation that I haven't heard of be sure to tell us how you ready the situtation .

JJ

:O just thought if your heaters dissipated heat better the tank would get warmer by keeping the actual heater cooler which would be bone by directing flow a strong along its surface as evenly as possible

 

[latazyo]

ebo jaegers are all I use and they're absolutely submersible

 

[JxMetal]

jager and mines submersed

 

[nano7joy]

Well ya learn somthing new every day I guess or yall dont follow directions :lol:

Jäger Temperature Sensor Automatic Heaters

Installation Instructions:

1. Attach the suction cup to the heater holders.
2. Choose a spot for the heater that has the best water circulation. Submerse up to "waterline" in vertical position, and make sure no part of it is in the aquarium gravel or sand. Attach the heater to the inside of the aquarium.
3. Plug in the heater when heater is in water. Make sure to form a drip loop between the heater and the outlet.
4. To set the heater, simply turn the temperature ring to the desired temperature. The dial has a precise "click on setting" in one-degree increments. If you change the setting, it is recommended to turn the dial down 3-4 degrees and then to the desired temperature. The on light will show when the heater is running.

Caution: Always disconnect the power supply cord of this and any other aquarium heaters before changing water or working on the aquarium. Do not operate this appliance outside of the water. Do not submerse beyond "water line"

taken form Fosters and Smith