Best Saltwater Aquarium Heater? You choose!

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In case some of you all would find my videos helpful - please check out what I just threw on YouTube regarding the Innovative Marine 400Watt Helio. I started out throwing just one of the two elements in and discovered its fine with my current tank in NORMAL conditions but with excessive cold I had to throw in the second.
Part 1 video:


Part 2 video:
 

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I am using Eheim ThermoControl Electronic E and it is my second one within 9 as the other just stopped working. I have now got a backup one Tetra HT Aquarium Heater. Never had a problem with them but I thought about changing as ehiem brand is supposed to be top products.
 

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One of the most important and dangerous pieces of equipment to use in your reef is a heater! Get a good one and all is well. Get a bad one and you could kill your tank!

In your experience what is the BEST aquarium heater you have used for your reef to date and why?

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I'm giving this one a try.

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One of the most important and dangerous pieces of equipment to use in your reef is a heater! Get a good one and all is well. Get a bad one and you could kill your tank!

In your experience what is the BEST aquarium heater you have used for your reef to date and why?

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For the money, I like the Hygger heaters with the separate Ink Bird style controllers.
 

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Are there any recommendations for heaters in the 230v spectrum? The innovative looks interesting, however it appears to be 120v (although oddly they dont seem to specify in their material).
 

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Really like the hyggar with the LED thermostat cross checked as just 1 degree F off.
 

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I use the finnex controler with 500 watt element . I had another one with the 800 watt element and the controler melted.. They say they fixed it .
 

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RULE 1: You must use a temperature controller, regardless of the brand of heater.

RULE 2: Use two heaters in your tank. This way, when one craps out (and it will) the other will maintain temperature, or at least close to temperature.

NOW, as far as choice of heaters:

I believe Ehiem Jager’s are the best. The glass on these things is real thick. The only problem is that they are long.

If you can’t fit a Jager, my second choice is Sera.
EHIEM OR EHIEM AND IF U CANT FIND THEM ORDER A EHIEM
 

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so spin off question about heaters. I believe most common heaters claim to be 100% submersible. Regardless of material, typically the seal is at the top where the cable enters the housing (failure point). Do you guys always submerse your heaters or leave the very top out of the water?
 

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so spin off question about heaters. I believe most common heaters claim to be 100% submersible. Regardless of material, typically the seal is at the top where the cable enters the housing (failure point). Do you guys always submerse your heaters or leave the very top out of the water?
I know neotherm and eheim have “water level” markers for minimum submersion
 

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I know neotherm and eheim have “water level” markers for minimum submersion
right, obviously you want the heating element under water. im talking about fully submersing. Seems like heaters are a common piece of equipment that fails and I imagine most failures are due to water ingress at the top seal...if the seal fails underwater you're likely to have stray voltage.
 

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I used to like Eheims but recently I had 3 Eheim 300w heaters all develop dangerous leaks within a few months. Their quality is not what it used to be. Switched to Finnex titanium.

Oh, and I prefer Ranco ETC controllers.
 
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I use Finnex titanium as well. I have no experience with any other brands but I will only use titanium heaters.
 

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