tell me your heater tricks?

[el Newso]

Hi all, I'm getting ready to set up a 75 gallon tropical tank. I like
to keep the unnatural items in my tank to a minimum. In the past, I
always had drilled tanks with a wet/dry filter and my heater in the
sump. I can live with the one intake pipe. So, I'm getting ready to
buy a new glass drill bit and have at the 75. I'm adding up all of the
items I'll need to construct a new filter and plumb it, and its getting
expensive. A new canister filter is beginning to look better and
better. But I can't live with the heater in my tank. I was wondering
if anyone has ever seen or built a heater holder that plumbs in-line
with the intake or exhaust of a canister filter? Or, does anyone have
another idea?

[Billy]

"el Newso" > wrote in message
. ..
Or, does anyone have
> another idea?

There are a few manufacturers now that make canisters with the heater
built right into the body of the filter. Eheim is the one that comes
to mind.

http://www.aquatichouse.com/FILTRATION%20MENU_files/Eheim.asp
Look about halfway down. They're really not that much more expensive
than the ones without the heater, IMO.

billy

[[email protected]]

www.thatpetplace.com They should have an inline heater made by hydor (I
don't know if they're american but they seem to make some innovative
stuff and are advancing the aquarium technology into what I think
would be the late 90's instead of the vortex 1970's. I love the vortex
diatomaceous filter but I think it has been around since the 1970's.).
They have tons of other stuff too. Good luck - and later!

P.S. - If you're heating a big tank you might want to daisy chain 2 or
3 of these inline heaters for good heating - later!

[Alpha]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> www.thatpetplace.com They should have an inline heater made by hydor (I
> don't know if they're american but they seem to make some innovative
> stuff and are advancing the aquarium technology into what I think
> would be the late 90's instead of the vortex 1970's. I love the vortex
> diatomaceous filter but I think it has been around since the 1970's.).
> They have tons of other stuff too. Good luck - and later!
>
> P.S. - If you're heating a big tank you might want to daisy chain 2 or
> 3 of these inline heaters for good heating - later!
>

Yes, I bought a Vortex in 1976.

[Nikki Casali]

wrote:
> www.thatpetplace.com They should have an inline heater made by hydor (I
> don't know if they're american but they seem to make some innovative
> stuff and are advancing the aquarium technology into what I think
> would be the late 90's instead of the vortex 1970's. I love the vortex
> diatomaceous filter but I think it has been around since the 1970's.).
> They have tons of other stuff too. Good luck - and later!

I have a Hydor on each of my planted tanks. I'll never go back to the
ugly, space wasting, internal heaters. My plants and Ancistrus all agree
;-).

Nikki

[Margolis]

My heaters are laying in the bottom of the sumps

--

Margolis
http://web.archive.org/web/20030215212142/http://www.agqx.org/faqs/AGQ2FAQ.htm
http://www.unrealtower.org/faq

[NetMax]

"el Newso" > wrote in message
. ..
> Hi all, I'm getting ready to set up a 75 gallon tropical tank. I like
> to keep the unnatural items in my tank to a minimum. In the past, I
> always had drilled tanks with a wet/dry filter and my heater in the
> sump. I can live with the one intake pipe. So, I'm getting ready to
> buy a new glass drill bit and have at the 75. I'm adding up all of the
> items I'll need to construct a new filter and plumb it, and its getting
> expensive. A new canister filter is beginning to look better and
> better. But I can't live with the heater in my tank. I was wondering
> if anyone has ever seen or built a heater holder that plumbs in-line
> with the intake or exhaust of a canister filter? Or, does anyone have
> another idea?

I use lots of rockwork, so submersible heater(s), intakes and even some
returns (I like to point at least one at the heaters) are all well
hidden.

The only trick for me, is to line the pilot lamp up so that I can tell
when it's on (through a hole in the rockwork, or reflecting off the
glass), and that really shouldn't be an issue, as it's more of a habit
(looking for the pilot lamp) than necessity.

All that rockwork (I pile it up to between 2/3 full to just below the
waterline) will be an obvious drawback if you tend to move fish around,
but I can go years without using a net in a tank (and that's the way the
fish like it too ;~).
--
www.NetMax.tk

[ToeKnee]

On 26 Mar 2005 21:56:07 -0800, wrote:

>www.thatpetplace.com They should have an inline heater made by hydor (I
>don't know if they're american but they seem to make some innovative
>stuff and are advancing the aquarium technology into what I think
>would be the late 90's instead of the vortex 1970's. I love the vortex
>diatomaceous filter but I think it has been around since the 1970's.).
>They have tons of other stuff too. Good luck - and later!
>
>P.S. - If you're heating a big tank you might want to daisy chain 2 or
>3 of these inline heaters for good heating - later!


I have a 200W (ETH-200) on my drafty 45gallon... never had a problem
with the temperature. The only things IN my tank now are in the
canister intake, the outflow, and the biowheel lips..... Their
website indicates that it is an Italian company...

I like and recomend this one....


--Tony

[el Newso]

el Newso wrote:
> Hi all, I'm getting ready to set up a 75 gallon tropical tank. I like
> to keep the unnatural items in my tank to a minimum. In the past, I
> always had drilled tanks with a wet/dry filter and my heater in the
> sump. I can live with the one intake pipe. So, I'm getting ready to
> buy a new glass drill bit and have at the 75. I'm adding up all of the
> items I'll need to construct a new filter and plumb it, and its getting
> expensive. A new canister filter is beginning to look better and
> better. But I can't live with the heater in my tank. I was wondering
> if anyone has ever seen or built a heater holder that plumbs in-line
> with the intake or exhaust of a canister filter? Or, does anyone have
> another idea?

Hey All, I just wanted to say thank you for all of the help. I've been
away from the hobby for several years and it seems there are some cool
new items on the market. I think I'll save my pennies and get that
eheim 2126.