can you have before stuff starts dying? I woke up this morning to find my tank down to 76. I thought it was because the termostat was too low. I bumped it up but just checked and the temp is down to 75. Guess the heater is shot. Would have thought it would last longer than 3 months! I am floating a heated water bottle of water to try to keep from dropping more since I'm stuck here until at least 5:30 tonight. Any brillant ideas out there so I don't loose anything?
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Makes me feel better. With the heated bottle the temp seems to have stablized at 77.4. Having the lights on should help too. Since the temp in the house is 58 (haven't run the heat for 2 weeks) I was having visions of wrapping dryer warmed towels around the glass, hehe.
So what is a good 50 watt heater to buy? Obviously AP is not the way to go. I have the original packing to send in for the 1 yr warranty -- now if I can just find the receipt.
So what is a good 50 watt heater to buy? Obviously AP is not the way to go. I have the original packing to send in for the 1 yr warranty -- now if I can just find the receipt.
All heaters will go bad sooner or later, some just more frequent than others. I have a Visi-Therm Stealth heater on my nano. Seems to be working good so far.
I've had two styles of Ebo-Jagers, Visi-Therm and a Won Brothers titanium. Out of all those, I like the Visi-Therm the best so far. That's just my opinion, do some research and buy what makes sense for you.
I've had two styles of Ebo-Jagers, Visi-Therm and a Won Brothers titanium. Out of all those, I like the Visi-Therm the best so far. That's just my opinion, do some research and buy what makes sense for you.
leeweber85
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I keep my tank at 75-77 in the winter. One night the GFCI triped and the temp got down to 63 and everything was fine. The visi-therm stealth heaters seem to be alright. I haven't had mine long enough to know. I would recommend just about anything that's not glass.
overanalyzer
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Hmmm I go with a cheapy and have a spare on hand just in case.... though I just used my spare so time to buy another cheapy!
I've had a tank (nano cube) that dropped to 58 at night and then warmed up during the day for four days (while we were out) and I did not lose anything ..... but I also only had one lps and the rest softies in the tank..... and they weren't happy - but not dead either!
I've had a tank (nano cube) that dropped to 58 at night and then warmed up during the day for four days (while we were out) and I did not lose anything ..... but I also only had one lps and the rest softies in the tank..... and they weren't happy - but not dead either!
Having the lights on has really helped. The temp is running 77 without anything else right now so should be fine until I can get another heater tonight. Suppose to drop to 26 Thursday and Friday night so house heater will go back on too. Don't think the blasto liked the temp drop much. After I fed it and mysis was no longer visible I checked about 1/2 hour later it had spit alot of pieces back out. Weird. Never done that before. Everything else seems fine. would really hate to lose my ducan. It is doing so well. Started with three heads; now four with two babies that are large enough to eat and four more starting to pop out. Gotta love fast growers.
RobynT
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Last month during the ice storm our power went off at 6pm and didn't come back on until 6am the next morning. No heat, no anything in my tank for 12 hours. I was stranded in a hotel trying to get back from the Rockford frag meet or I would have been frantically trying just about ANYTHING! I fell asleep in my hotel room (with my new frags and RTA) realizing that there wasn't a thing I could do and I would probably loose it all.
I do not know how cold the tank got since I didn't make it home until almost 11am the next morning and the heat had been on for 4 hours at that point. I didn't loose a thing (thankfully!) but I did have some black spots and patches on the rock that are just now going away (dead algae or something?) I am guessing that the tank water was easily in the low 60's if not lower since my husband went to sleep with his mittens on.
Also, when I bought my current setup (Jan 1st of 06) we moved it all in buckets, the water and the fish from 60 miles away. I know that it was 62 degrees when I reassembled it at home and I didn't loose a fish. I really didn't know at the time how risky a venture it was. Maybe these fish and critters are tougher than we give them credit for, especially if it happens slowly (such as the temperature change.)
Just my experience, I hope it makes you feel better!
I do not know how cold the tank got since I didn't make it home until almost 11am the next morning and the heat had been on for 4 hours at that point. I didn't loose a thing (thankfully!) but I did have some black spots and patches on the rock that are just now going away (dead algae or something?) I am guessing that the tank water was easily in the low 60's if not lower since my husband went to sleep with his mittens on.
Also, when I bought my current setup (Jan 1st of 06) we moved it all in buckets, the water and the fish from 60 miles away. I know that it was 62 degrees when I reassembled it at home and I didn't loose a fish. I really didn't know at the time how risky a venture it was. Maybe these fish and critters are tougher than we give them credit for, especially if it happens slowly (such as the temperature change.)
Just my experience, I hope it makes you feel better!
KnoxvilleIa
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for the cost I would go with ebo-jager, eheim purchased them.
there cheap and real reliable. I lost fish to a burnt out heater.
and I paid more for the cheap made one .
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for the cost I would go with ebo-jager, eheim purchased them.
there cheap and real reliable. I lost fish to a burnt out heater.
and I paid more for the cheap made one .
Coralfreak
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Id also vote for the Ebo's, best heater for the $$. Like slovan, my tank went through a 20hr power outage, losses were almost none, which really surprised me, the fish and corals are tougher than you may think.
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