Upgrading and looking for heaters that can heat 400 gallons.

[Venom Stinger]

does anyone know a place where i can get a really powerful heater?
i really dont feel like buying ten 300w heaters from petsmart.

any help would be great, thanks.

 

[PeteLockwood]

2 300w will likely cover it.

 

[ShadowStryder]

I run two Azoo titanium 500w with inline controllers for 440g total volume. Work great......

 

[aldiaz33]

You won't need 3,000 watts to heat 400G unless your tank is going to be outdoors.

What's the coldest air temp in the room you'll be setting the tank up in?

 

[ShadowStryder]

Rule of thumb is/was 3w per gallon. But as stated room temp makes a difference. My tanks are in the basement so the heaters work less

 

[Venom Stinger]

Rule of thumb is/was 3w per gallon. But as stated room temp makes a difference. My tanks are in the basement so the heaters work less

Thanks a lot for all the fast responses guy's.

the rooms temp is around 76 degree's

i will do a search on the 500w. thanks.

 

[johno27]

Two 300 watt jagers heat my 450 total volume no problem.
It is best to go with 2 smaller over one large because heaters almost always get stuck on when they fail. One 300 watt will not over heat a large tank and the chances of both failing at the same time are small
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[Venom Stinger]

Two 300 watt jagers heat my 450 total volume no problem.

what scares me is that i plan to force a lot of air into my new sump cooling the water more so i figured i would need more.
but so far its a lot cheaper then i thought it was going to be.. i honestly thought i was going to have to buy 5 or 6.

 

[Mccoyver]

I love my jehmco system on my garge pond

 

[T1KARMANN]

Best to get a external themostat and 2 x 300-500w heaters

You then put the heaters in the sump and the stat sensor in the main tank this works much better


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