New heaters
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mcgyvr
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Eheim Jager or Aqueon Pro (<-- Pro is VERY important.. )
You will need roughly 5-6x total volume in terms of wattage for that difference in temps..
And split that wattage across 2 heaters.. and run them all on a controller like the Inkbird Or Ranco as the thermostats on ALL heaters can/will fail at sometime or another..
Inkbird heater controller... Works great for up to 1000W (2 heaters max)
https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Temp...kbird+temperature&refinements=p_85:2470955011
The green inkbird has heating and cooling (for fans,etc.. in the summer)
Blue (link above) is only heating
You will need roughly 5-6x total volume in terms of wattage for that difference in temps..
And split that wattage across 2 heaters.. and run them all on a controller like the Inkbird Or Ranco as the thermostats on ALL heaters can/will fail at sometime or another..
Inkbird heater controller... Works great for up to 1000W (2 heaters max)
https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Temp...kbird+temperature&refinements=p_85:2470955011
The green inkbird has heating and cooling (for fans,etc.. in the summer)
Blue (link above) is only heating
I'm a fan of running 2 mid-sized heaters rather than 1 big one. I'd say 2x250 - 300w would work well for you. I use 2x200w Eheim Jagers on my tank with total volume of 112g. 99% of the time only 1 of the heaters is needed to maintain temperature. The second one is set to go on .2 degrees lower than the first as a fallback in case the first one can't keep up. It almost never turns on.
MondoBongo
Obligate Feeder Obsessed
i'm a big fan of the ViaAqua titanium heaters.
i have one in my main tank with a regular glass heater as its backup, and also have/had a second one that was heating my grow out tank.
they have their own controller that lets you select temp, but i leave that as a fail safe and rely on my apex temperature probe as my primary monitor for them in the main tank.
i have one in my main tank with a regular glass heater as its backup, and also have/had a second one that was heating my grow out tank.
they have their own controller that lets you select temp, but i leave that as a fail safe and rely on my apex temperature probe as my primary monitor for them in the main tank.
Darth_Tater
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I have one of the Eheim Jagers and it's worked great. When ktownhero says they're very long he's not exaggerating. I have a 150 watt and it barely fits horizontally in the big compartment in my 20 long sump.
I have also used the Aqueon Pros and liked them a lot. Main thing I liked about them is that they weren't glass, so it made me think they were harder to break (never tested that theory luckily).
Somewhat of a tangent question that will hopefully help the OP: If, say, you happen to be fiscally minded (AKA cheap) and happen to have 2 different heaters laying around, can that Inkbird be used with 2 different wattage heaters?
I have also used the Aqueon Pros and liked them a lot. Main thing I liked about them is that they weren't glass, so it made me think they were harder to break (never tested that theory luckily).
Somewhat of a tangent question that will hopefully help the OP: If, say, you happen to be fiscally minded (AKA cheap) and happen to have 2 different heaters laying around, can that Inkbird be used with 2 different wattage heaters?
mcgyvr
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Sure can.. no problems. no different than just plugging both into the wall and the controller just turns both outlets on/off based on the probe reading.. It has no idea whats hooked into the outlets at all..
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