Heater size..

[MarAzul]

I need to get a new heater for my 10 gallon tank but I was thinking of
buying the next size up (75Watts instead of 50). Would there be any downside
to this?


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[Billy]

"MarAzul" > wrote in message
news:AQPqd.184044$hj.123087@fed1read07...
|I need to get a new heater for my 10 gallon tank but I was thinking
of
| buying the next size up (75Watts instead of 50). Would there be any
downside
| to this?


Basically, if it malfunctions it will cook the tank much faster.

[Dick]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:28:08 -0800, "Billy"
> wrote:

>
>
>"MarAzul" > wrote in message
>news:AQPqd.184044$hj.123087@fed1read07...
>|I need to get a new heater for my 10 gallon tank but I was thinking
>of
>| buying the next size up (75Watts instead of 50). Would there be any
>downside
>| to this?
>
>
>Basically, if it malfunctions it will cook the tank much faster.
>
If you can afford it, get one with an electronic controller. The
heating unit and a separate probe go into the tank and the controller
stays out. No mechanical contacts to worry about. A further
safeguard are the electronic thermometers that can be programmed for
high and low limits. They give off beeps when the limit is exceeded.
Consider how cold the room will get. Last summer I kept the room
temperatures at 77 degrees. Between the room temperature and the
light energy I never saw the heaters cycle at all. This winter I keep
the room at 71, so the heaters are used. I don't know how to put this
altogether for you. One other possible problem with too large a
heater is the danger to a fish that might cling to the heater. One
person reported a Pleco getting burns.

I have 3 ten gallon tanks. Two have 150 watt electronic heaters,
another has a 100 watt mechanical heater. All have electronic
thermometers.

dick

[Larry Blanchard]

Billy wrote:

>
>
>
> > |I need to get a new heater for my 10 gallon tank but I was thinking
> > of| buying the next size up (75Watts instead of 50). Would there be any
> > downside to this?
>
> Basically, if it malfunctions it will cook the tank much faster.

I read somewhere that heating should be about 2.5 watts per gallon, mainly
because of the pverheat possibility.

I've got a 25 watt heater in a 10 gallon tank. It holds the water at 78
degrees in a house heated to 70 day.65 night. It doesn't run even half the
time so it's got plenty of power for the job.

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