Heater or a 240Gal . ?

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i use a 400watt on my 75 i just bought i think its a little to much when i first filled the tank up it took the heater like half an hour to get it to 78 degrees from 60
 
Just got for £125.60 a Fx5 off Ebay , bought it straight away seeing as it's the cheapst price i have seen on for . Brand new in box and by the look of the picture it's from a Aquatic shop as it's on a shelf with other filter stuff .

So i going when i get it put it on the 100Gal tank to mature and then i can fit it straight on to the 240gal when i get the tank and not have to wait aslong to put the fish in the tank . Then i can see if one Fx5 will be enough for the tank or not then have a look back on Ebay to get one more Fx5 if need be for around the same price .

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Going to have a look on Ebay for a heater or two now and see what sort of price i will he to pay ,i think i m going to just get two 300Watt heater for now , see what there like and then if need be change them about and get ever another one or some lower Wattage ones .​
 
buckeyenut222;2181119; said:
Any idea if the link provided above is accurate? It says I only need 70 watts for my 75 gallon?
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If you are not raising your temperature very much then that is probably right.
Especially if it's acrylic.

I'm using 250watts to raise 500 gallons of water 4° F with no problems.
 
I use two 300 watt heaters on my 240 keeping it at 80 degrees. Summer room temp 75, winter room temp 70.
 
on my 240 i have one titanium 500 watt heater. In my garage that thing ran day and night in the winter due to 20 degree weather, since i have moved the tank into the downstairs of my house that heater hardly ever has to come on. Room temp makes a huge difference on your utility bill. my tank is also acrylic. I just bought a 600 gallon that is going to have 200 gallon sump and i am going to see if i can get away with the same 500 watt heater.
 
Bud8Fan;2181164; said:
If you are not raising your temperature very much then that is probably right.
Especially if it's acrylic.

I'm using 250watts to raise 500 gallons of water 4° F with no problems.
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My tank is in the basement and the temp fluctuates quite a bit.
 
Thanks , the tank will be glass that i am getting , and will be in a new extension that is getting build right now on a soulth facing wall , so i'm really not sure if the room will get quite hot by it's self or not so thats really why i am asking about heating the tank .

Only about 4weeks to go for the extension is complete with flooring and everthing :D , cannt wait ,

but the down side to it , is the tanks , cabnet and stuff will take 4 - 6weeks them selfs to get build and delivered and i dont really want to order it all until the whole extension is done as if i order the tank now and it comes before the extension is fully complete and there is no where to put it for the mean time . So i have to wait even longer to set the tank up because i am going to order it after the whole extension is done so i dout i am going to get it all done before Christmas :( .

Any more advice on heating , filtration , lighting and other bits , please post here too .

Thank you .
 
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