Heater suggestion for 225 gallon

[Vampire fish]

What heater do you guys recommend for a 225 gallon. In my experience all I have used in the past suck. Dont want to waste much more money.

 

[kno4te]

I’ve had an aqueon and doing well for couple years. For ur size I’d say get 3. In case one goes out then u have some back up.

 

[monkeybike]

I use a titanium heater running off a Ranco controller with an Aqueon 300w as a backup

 

[TheWolfman]

Im running two 300 watt ehime’s with a inkbird heater controller and couldn’t be happier. It does a good job keeping my 220 at the proper temp. I would highly recommend spending the extra money for a external heater controller and not rely on the heater to keep the proper temp.

 

[Glenn238]

Brand wise ehiem and fluval make nice heaters

 

[pops]

+1 on that.
ahiem/jager be my pick.

 

[Lsey81]

Ehiem again here...have them in all my tanks...does excellent my 265 gallon tank also

 

[Oughtsix]

I also like Ehiem, they are not fancy with a bunch of bells and whistles but they do what they are supposed to do reliably.

 

[s cal]

I have used eheim and had good results but lately I have been switching over to the aqueon pro heaters and I really like them. unbreakable solid black design and easy to switch temperature control.

 

[phreeflow]

Like everyone, I only use Aqueon Pro and Eheim/Jager as they have been the most reliable. Aqueon Pros have a lifetime warranty that’s great but they are limited and can’t heat your tank too high. I keep plecos and discus so I stick with Eheims since they get much hotter and are also useful for qt tanks to heat treat parasites and such. Only thing I don’t like is they are huge...way longer then the Aqueon Pros.

But I never trust the cheap thermostat on any of these and have begun using external controllers after a bad experience of losing a huge group of plecos when the heater got stuck on the “on” position. If you have rare or expensive fish, get an external controller...