Aqueon pro heater 150w not enough for 40 gallon
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After doing this my 20 gallon is at 75 (temp went down by 5 degrees) and 40 gallon at 80 (went up by 5-6 degrees) both set to 80.
you are making some progress
I am getting that one replaced under warranty, also buying a extra one for failures like this.
If you get a heater controller, you can have 2 heaters in the same tank that will turn off and on at the same time.
Thank you for the idea, I don't want to complicate the set up right now, this might end up my temporary set up if I end up moving across the country.
For that kind of an increase you might want a 200w. It wont have to work as hard.
You don't want the heater to struggle and run all day every day. I ran a 200w in my 40 breeder for quite a while. Just switched it to two 100w heaters just because I wanted the single 200w for another tank.
You don't want the heater to struggle and run all day every day. I ran a 200w in my 40 breeder for quite a while. Just switched it to two 100w heaters just because I wanted the single 200w for another tank.
The one I bought is Eheim Jager TruTemp 200W, so I should be good in there. The 150W heater I had was faulty, it couldn't keep 20 gallon warm after I swapped the heaters.
Agree there, when I had put 150W from another tank, I had that one set to 84 (so almost 20 degrees above room temperature) and theromstat showed 84, so 150 was good enough too.
I do look at thermostat everyday. So far it seems acurate enough.
