Heater recommendation

[Billy]

I've had it it with unreliable heaters. In your collective opinion,
what is the BEST heater, in terms of accuracy and reliability,
regardless of price? I have a 75 reef with 20 gallon sump. Euroreef
skimmer, mag9 return.

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Billy
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Some Guy

[Todd Nicholson]

I'm using Via Aqua heaters on both my 20G reef tank and my 55FO tank. Both
work great. They are very accurate and I like having the separate
thermostat that I can mount inside the stand for easy adjustments.

-Todd

"Billy" > wrote in message
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> I've had it it with unreliable heaters. In your collective opinion, what
> is the BEST heater, in terms of accuracy and reliability, regardless of
> price? I have a 75 reef with 20 gallon sump. Euroreef skimmer, mag9
> return.
>
> --
> Billy
> -----
> Some Guy
>

[George Patterson]

Billy wrote:
> I've had it it with unreliable heaters. In your collective opinion,
> what is the BEST heater, in terms of accuracy and reliability,
> regardless of price? I have a 75 reef with 20 gallon sump. Euroreef
> skimmer, mag9 return.

I have a pair of Tronic submersible heaters on my 125. I've had them over ten
years and they've given me no trouble. They have an actual temperature scale for
setting, rather than an arbitratrary 1-9 scale. They are accurate in the sense
that they will consistently come on at the same temperature. The scale setting
may not match the actual temperature, however. Mine are currently set to come on
at 75 degrees. They will come on when the temperature drops below about 76.5 (as
indicated on an electronic temperature probe).

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

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Billy

I'd recommend two undersized heaters. That way, if one heater thermostat
sticks on you shouldn't cook your fish because the other one is likely to
switch off and one alone should not be enough to maintain the the
temperature. If one fails completely, the other will try to maintain the
temperature (and, if sized correctly will fail to meet the temperature
requirements but it won't be too far off). Alternatively you could run one
or two heaters from a common external thermostat. This is possibly not as
safe but the chances of an external thermostat failing seem to be less than
a submerged heater 'stat - which are fairly notorious. The added bonus of
using an external thermostat is that most offer a permanent and reasonably
accurate display of the water temperture.

Regards

Mark

[George Patterson]

wrote:
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> I'd recommend two undersized heaters.

I agree and have done this since I boiled some fish back in '74.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

[Kevin & Donna Sanders, M.D.]

If you use a thermometer with an external thermostat ( electronic) which is
what I recommend be sure it is securely attached in your tank. If the
suction cup type comes loose and the sensor falls out of the tank you will
over heat the tank because it is measuring the air temp.

Kevin
"Billy" > wrote in message
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> I've had it it with unreliable heaters. In your collective opinion, what
> is the BEST heater, in terms of accuracy and reliability, regardless of
> price? I have a 75 reef with 20 gallon sump. Euroreef skimmer, mag9
> return.
>
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> Billy
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> Some Guy
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