Avoided a disaster in the cichlid tank today....

[fishman09]

on kensfish cascade heaters are like 11$ for the 300 watt. i have 1 on my 120 and it works like a champ and the 200 watt on my 75 and 40b. will be getting another one for the 65$ craigslist 135 im setting up

 

[AQUAMONSTER]

im game for more cascade products. They are very underrated company

 

[pookie]

yesterday I was doing a wc and other maintenance which caused me to to get out of my routine. I was just about to refill the tank and saw smoke at first I thought it was water vapor coming off the lense of my lights then I noticed smoke in the tank. Turns out I forgot to unplug my 500w titanium heater and it melted the heater guard in half. Didn't shatter but since it was supposed to shut off when out of water im going to make them replace it since its under warranty.

Someone in PHX damn near burned their house down from a tank heater not to long ago, it was only partway out of the water and it went haywire.

 

[AQUAMONSTER]

I only use fully submersible heaters

 

[plecostic]

External inline heaters like the Hydor is the way to go, just connect it to the canister hose and your good to go.

 

[Hellman]

External inline heaters like the Hydor is the way to go, just connect it to the canister hose and your good to go.

Do they work really good that way

 

[AQUAMONSTER]

i checked them out and they are pretty pricey and you would need a few for the 125 gallon

 

[Hellman]

And are the cascade Heater that good?? I love the Cascade 1200 canister filter and the Cascade 300 HOB fish works great so more cascade products The better

 

[Hellman]

i checked them out and they are pretty pricey and you would need a few for the 125 gallon

I was gonna look into them to see if i could get the heaters out of my tanks you know

 

[AQUAMONSTER]

ye i checked them out and the highest rated one was only for like 55-75 gallons