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[Hondacrx2]

So my heater must not be working! My tank is down to 72. It was 80. My tanks is 2 gulpers. Think they should make it till morning?! I am going with an Eheim Jager Automatic Aquarium Heater. They are decent I have read. This is the 3rd heater that died on me.


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[necrocanis]

72 is about room temp so if they are acting ok at that temp and it's not going any lower they should be fine. heaters are a pain in the a##. I usually go with the titanium style heaters. For one they don't break, and two you can put a cage around them or something to keep the fish off them. Glass heaters from pet stores are just crap and way too expensive for something that may only last a few months. They may get a lil lathergic, but I don't think you have much to worry about just get the new heater in.

 

[Skittle]

I dont think it will be a problem


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[Hondacrx2]

Thanks for the input i got a eheim jäger 300W. The one was acting very sickly but both are swimming happy now it's up to 78F. It got down to 68 at one point


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[necrocanis]

Glad to hear they are doing better. Monitor them closely as they readjust once again. Maybe even hold off on feeding for a day or two until they have adjusted again. I know first hand that wild temperature swings can kill, or even cause sickness. I woke up one morning to my heater off in my garage, and it was -30 degrees here in montana. One of my ponds was froze solid in the garage and fish were all dead. The tank with my big hybrid and a heater was at 45 degrees at the bottom where the heater was and had ice on top. Luckily the big hybrid was fine though.