Arnie Appelt wrote:
"miskairal" wrote in message
u...

My tank should hold about 683 litres or 180 US gallons so what heating
do you all recommend? I've heard 2W per gallon, 3 W per gallon and 5 W
per gallon so anywhere from 360W to 940W apparently. I'm in Oz and it
doesn't get too cold where the tank is, maybe down to 10°C (50°F) in
winter at the most, mind you it's meant to be mid winter now and the
temp is about 20°C there. Should I use 3 heaters even? I will not be
having a sump at this stage.

The biggest heaters I've seen on ebay are 300W. Are there any brands to
stear/steer clear of? Resun seems to be the most common.



Spend the money on a good quality heater. I use Jager heaters. Go here for
info on heaters.
http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_....asp?ast=&key=

and here for more info. This info applies to sal****er too.

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/ti...heatersize.htm

Arnie


Thankyou for the info. I have bought a cheapie on eBay but will buy
another through my petshop - this is a petshop that only carries
expensive, top of the range equipment like tunze etc.