Heating Solutions?

[blurock]

Alright, so I was poking around the LFS today, and the biggest heater they had was a 400w, and the largest marineland non-shatter was 250w. I'm trying to heat a 300(actually 280 but figured it wouldnt hurt to round up) and was wondering what the best solution would be to heat the beast. Do I really need to spend $240 to heat the tank?

I'm running an Fluval fx5 on it, and my biggest idea is running a heater with that somehow so I could heat less water at once... Does anybody know a way to do this? Or would it be too big of a hastle and i should just spend the money on 3 seperate filters?

 

[Knowdafish]

I'd go with two 300 watt heaters if the tank is in a heated area of your house. That way if one gets stuck it won't fry your fish.

 

[unstopablepuffers]

2 heaters is always better then 1, set them a few degrees apart. i like stealth heaters myself

 

[dmopar74]

3 250w stealths will be plenty as long as its not 45 degrees in your house, maybe even 2 of em.

 

[unstopablepuffers]

i agree 2 should be suffecient

 

[haynchinook334]

i would go with a 300watt. and keep it by the intake of the fx5. and keep a 200watt by the outlet of the fx5.

 

[cichlid savage]

IMHO 3 250 watt heaters would do fine. Depending on stock I would get stealth heaters or ebo jager.

 

[pacu mom]

Alright, so I was poking around the LFS today, and the biggest heater they had was a 400w, and the largest marineland non-shatter was 250w. I'm trying to heat a 300(actually 280 but figured it wouldnt hurt to round up) and was wondering what the best solution would be to heat the beast. Do I really need to spend $240 to heat the tank?

I'm running an Fluval fx5 on it, and my biggest idea is running a heater with that somehow so I could heat less water at once... Does anybody know a way to do this? Or would it be too big of a hastle and i should just spend the money on 3 seperate filters?

I bought three of these for our 300 gallon tank (11/30/05), but we only use one in our tank. The tank water stays at an even temp. even when the room temp is chilly. I think the big Hammerhead pump running our mechanical filtration might be warming up the water a little.
http://www.globalpets.com/SPD/hydor-theo-ul-aquarium-heater-400w--36280000-1080265800.jsp

They were only $20 then.

 

[snaggle]

I would go with 2 300W heaters, Place them close to the FX5 so that the water is heated eaqualy.

 

[blurock]

Alright, I'll just go with the two heaters then and see how the temp works out.