how to heat a 300 gallon tank

[swifthalf]

hi im looking for some advice on the best way to heat a 300 gallon tank with a 50 gallon sump all the heaters i have looked at are 300 watts max could i put heat pads under the tank the tank is 12mm glass. heating the room is not practical for me so this is out of the window. i have seen in line heaters but only at 150 watts i calculated that i would need 900 watts does this sound right any advice would be greatly apprecciated cheers swifty

 

[fourty2]

I use 3 x 300 watt heaters on my 420 uk gallon system,usually its just 2 300 watts heating the water,my ambient room temperature is between 21C-23C

 

[StripeGirl]

i have 300 watt heaters in my 450,two of them,just use some heater modules and plumb them in.

 

[duke33]

I use 2 viva aqua 300w titaniums subs in mine.

 

[eskimo]

i have 2 300 wat heters but just using one at the moment and my water is at 29 tot 30 degrees and at night it wil be 27-26 .

i do this with a purpose the night in for example the amazon the water wil drop some degrees

 

[swifthalf]

thanks all for your advice so im off to get two 300 cheers and thanks again.

 

[navygirl76]

yeah its good to have a few 300 watt heaters in there instead of just one. that way, if one goes out at least you still have one going-i love the stealth heaters.