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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?
For the money, I like the Hygger heaters with the separate Ink Bird style controllers.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?
Just tried the Inkbird ITC-608T Temperature Controller Pre-wired 2-step AC output thermostat with 12-step 1800W time step you recommended to me, thanks!
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EHIEM OR EHIEM AND IF U CANT FIND THEM ORDER A EHIEMRULE 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.
My ONLY issue with the Eheim is the size. They are huge.EHIEM OR EHIEM AND IF U CANT FIND THEM ORDER A EHIEM
I know neotherm and eheim have “water level” markers for minimum submersionso 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?
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.I know neotherm and eheim have “water level” markers for minimum submersion