heaters and rubber maids

[DeLgAdO]

Home depot, dollar store, wal-mart...whatever. The cheapest glass would be from a 99 cent picture frame from a dollar store. Throw away the frame and you still have an 8 x 10 piece of 1/8" glass for less than buying replacement glass at home depot.

i might go with the much thicker stuff at home depot as i can be clumsy at times

picture frames are alittle too thin for me

 

[Ornatapinnis]

I did exactly what odd ball is discribing and it worked great. I used two visa therm 300 watt heaters and siliconed the suction cups to a sheet of gless. The reason I siliconed the suction cups it that in tme they loose thier "suction" and let got from what they were stuck to. I didn't want the heaters to come in contact with the tub they were in.

Also, What are you using 1 1/4" lines on? That's huge. Even large aquariums rarly need bigger than a 1" return. What size tank you doing?


Joel

 

[DeLgAdO]

I did exactly what odd ball is discribing and it worked great. I used two visa therm 300 watt heaters and siliconed the suction cups to a sheet of gless. The reason I siliconed the suction cups it that in tme they loose thier "suction" and let got from what they were stuck to. I didn't want the heaters to come in contact with the tub they were in.

Also, What are you using 1 1/4" lines on? That's huge. Even large aquariums rarly need bigger than a 1" return. What size tank you doing?


Joel

a 302 gal with a rio 32HF i dont want to lose any water pressure/flow so im going with someithng just slightly bigger

 

[twk1]

You can also tie down your heater to a small brick and anchor it to the bottom and that will give you space between the heater and the bottom, you could use anything to tie it down but just be sure to tie it to the suction cups so that it is not touching any part of the heater, just to prevent the rope from ever being burned. Hope this helps.
Good Luck!!!

 

[softturtle]

Two inline heaters split from your 1.25 in line (with a T) would still keep good flow and heat.
I know some agricultural supply stores sell heater cages (for plastic feeding troughs in the winter).

 

[guppy]

If your heater is a sumerseble just put a 1/2" of gravel in a glass jar and put the jar in the tub, the gravel is just to cushion it a little if the heater gets moved around a bit, if it is a clamp on glue a strip of acrylic acroos the tub so it is in place vertically, then clamp the heater to that, it will also help conrol the tub's spreading when full of water. It is not elegant but it works and is cheap.

 

[xxxdrewww]

If your heater is a sumerseble just put a 1/2" of gravel in a glass jar and put the jar in the tub, the gravel is just to cushion it a little if the heater gets moved around a bit, if it is a clamp on glue a strip of acrylic acroos the tub so it is in place vertically, then clamp the heater to that, it will also help conrol the tub's spreading when full of water. It is not elegant but it works and is cheap.

im not sure what guppy jsut said but im shure it works really well

 

[hardb0iled]

I use a heater in a plastic tub - never had a problem with it melting the plastic, I have noticed the plastic gets warm but not hot enough to melt. I think as long as you use suction cups to fix the heater to the plastic and the heater glass is not touching the plastic you will be safe. Water boils at 100c (not sure what farenheit number?) so as long as the heater is not touching the plastic, the plastic will never get anywhere near 100celsius max, most plastics can handle that temp easy.

 

[Waldo]

If you use a high rate of water flow to cool the the heater as it heats the water you will not see any damage.

 

[DeLgAdO]

thansk for all your help guys

i think i can combine some of these idea into one

ill use a thick plate of glass

and ill try siliconing the sucking cups to the glass so they wont fall off

since my pump has a high flow rate that makes it eve nmore safe

again thanks for your help fella

this site rocks so much!!!!