ThaNgBOm321
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which titanium heater is the 'best' i need about a 300watt or close to it to heat my tank... i need to replace my won bro heater that died on me.. where to order from??
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YzGyz
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YzGyz
which titanium heater??
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I've had good success with Finnex titanium heaters, available at premiumaquatics.com
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=Finnexheat
http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=Finnexheat
ThaNgBOm321
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kool but any other votes??
AZDesertRat
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I have been using the Via Aqua titanium for a little over 3 years with no problems. Very accurate even using their controller and not my Ranco.
BeanAnimal
Premium Member
If you need 300W of heating, then you SHOULD buy (3) 100W heaters or (4) 75W heaters.
You SHOULD plug them into a RANCO.
ALL hobby heaters are going to fail (Mostly the internal thermostats). None come anywhere close to being as reliable as a commercial temperature controller by a longshot (several orders of magnitude).
So using several small heaters will prevent a stuck thermostat on one from overheating the tank. It will also prevent a failed heater from letting the tank temp drop to fast. So why the RANCO?
With several heaters it is hard to get the thermostats set so that 1 heater does not do the brunt of the work and that the temp does not swing several degrees with each heating cycle.
Set the RANCO at your desired temp and set the heaters thermostats to a few degress above that. The RANCO will do the switching, but each heater will have a built in upper limit switch in case the RANCO fails ON. An IDEAL setup would be to split the heaters between TWO RANCOS.... Most of us do not need to go that far but should at least use 1 ommercial controller and (3) or more small heaters.
We invest hundreds or thousands in our tanks and want to cheap out with a $20 heater. You may want to take note that many tank crashes are caused by malfunctioning heaters. Do you want to lose your investment because you trusted a $20 hobby heater?
You SHOULD plug them into a RANCO.
ALL hobby heaters are going to fail (Mostly the internal thermostats). None come anywhere close to being as reliable as a commercial temperature controller by a longshot (several orders of magnitude).
So using several small heaters will prevent a stuck thermostat on one from overheating the tank. It will also prevent a failed heater from letting the tank temp drop to fast. So why the RANCO?
With several heaters it is hard to get the thermostats set so that 1 heater does not do the brunt of the work and that the temp does not swing several degrees with each heating cycle.
Set the RANCO at your desired temp and set the heaters thermostats to a few degress above that. The RANCO will do the switching, but each heater will have a built in upper limit switch in case the RANCO fails ON. An IDEAL setup would be to split the heaters between TWO RANCOS.... Most of us do not need to go that far but should at least use 1 ommercial controller and (3) or more small heaters.
We invest hundreds or thousands in our tanks and want to cheap out with a $20 heater. You may want to take note that many tank crashes are caused by malfunctioning heaters. Do you want to lose your investment because you trusted a $20 hobby heater?
BeanAnimal
Premium Member
hex, a search of the forums and the internet will show that the finnex units fail also (even the ones with the external controllers). Hobby heaters are simply junk and that is why we need to split the heating up between several less damaging units and control them with a commercial grade device.
You can find hundreds of threads with people touting their favorite heater and their happiness with it. Finnex, Ebos, won bros, via aqua, hartz, etc etc. You will also find several "that brand cooked my tank" for every "I love mine" type of comment. You will be hard pressed to find anybody who has had a RANCO cook their tank. You will NOT find anybody that has used a RANCO (or other suitable unit) used several smaller heaters that has cooked their tank.
Bean
You can find hundreds of threads with people touting their favorite heater and their happiness with it. Finnex, Ebos, won bros, via aqua, hartz, etc etc. You will also find several "that brand cooked my tank" for every "I love mine" type of comment. You will be hard pressed to find anybody who has had a RANCO cook their tank. You will NOT find anybody that has used a RANCO (or other suitable unit) used several smaller heaters that has cooked their tank.
Bean
BeanAnimal
Premium Member
http://www.automatedaquariums.com/ranco.htm
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produ...7&N=2004+113769
You can get them "pre-wired" or "raw" That menas with temp probe and power cord attached, or bare and you supply the power cord and do the wiring.
McMaster.com etc has them bare.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produ...7&N=2004+113769
You can get them "pre-wired" or "raw" That menas with temp probe and power cord attached, or bare and you supply the power cord and do the wiring.
McMaster.com etc has them bare.
BeanAnimal
Premium Member
Yes, the aquacontroller is also a good "temperature controller".
You guys may want to know that most of the titanium heaters all come from the same overseas manufacturer as well
You guys may want to know that most of the titanium heaters all come from the same overseas manufacturer as well
