What is the best heater for a 30gal tank? I had a visi-therm stealth and its gone crazy and almost fried my fish. Has anyone else had that problem with them?
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Lol i wish i didnt see this Haha i just bought two 300 watt Heaters haha marine land Heaters but shatter proof and i got them for 58$ And no i have not had this problem in the past with these heaters. That is why i bought some new ones. But usually i was told These are close to the best heaters. But i did buy a Fluval E300 And i like them. You could try one cause the warranty is solid and they have protectors built around so your fish wont get burned. Just so you know make sure the heater is by an output flow on your tank otherwise the heater wont work properly
I always keep my heaters right under the output to my filter. Ill have to look into the fluval heaters.
i have an e300.
i also have a jager 200w in the same tank and im 90% sure the fluval no longer turns on.
the e300 couldnt hold its weight.
also have a 300w jager heating my 225 by itself.
eheim jagers for the money, effeciency, and looks
i also have a jager 200w in the same tank and im 90% sure the fluval no longer turns on.
the e300 couldnt hold its weight.
also have a 300w jager heating my 225 by itself.
eheim jagers for the money, effeciency, and looks
The e-series heaters are junk. I had one, it would not heat the water to the set temperature. I'd set it to 82, the thermometer on it would read 79, the backlight would be blue, and I could see the heating element coming on for a bit, then turning off. Was probably running a 20-30% duty cycle. I left it for a week, it continued doing the same damn thing. I replaced it with another one, same damn thing. Fluval was no help. So you have a heater that is clearly displaying the fact that it KNOWS the water is too cold, but it just isn't running its heating element.
I put my marineland heater back in, significantly less wattage, worked PERFECTLY. Temperature held as set.
That said, ANY heater is a disaster waiting to happen. The trick to averting it is redundancy. You get a heater and a temperature controller, you set the controller several degrees higher than the heater, and you occasionally check the temperature. If the temperature jumps up to the controller's setting, your heater got stuck on and needs to be replaced. You can also just use a quality controller with a titanium element, but I don't like the idea of cooking my fish because the cat knocked the temp probe out of the tank.
I want to see a GOOD solid-state heater on the market, like an e300 that doesn't suck.
I put my marineland heater back in, significantly less wattage, worked PERFECTLY. Temperature held as set.
That said, ANY heater is a disaster waiting to happen. The trick to averting it is redundancy. You get a heater and a temperature controller, you set the controller several degrees higher than the heater, and you occasionally check the temperature. If the temperature jumps up to the controller's setting, your heater got stuck on and needs to be replaced. You can also just use a quality controller with a titanium element, but I don't like the idea of cooking my fish because the cat knocked the temp probe out of the tank.
I want to see a GOOD solid-state heater on the market, like an e300 that doesn't suck.