What about these heaters?

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Fish Tank Travis

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http://m.ebay.com/itm/2X-25W-50W-10...3D300584700974&_trksid=p2056116.c100408.m2460

This is a link to an EBAY listing for two heaters. I obviously wouldn't use these on a tank with fish if I didn't have an external controller. However, what do you guys think about these heaters for a dual heater setup in a tank that uses a controller such as an InkBird or Ranco? Also, what about using these for water change barrels?
 
Not familiar with those Travis, but I bought 6 via aqua heaters from pet mountain last year and so far they have worked quite well. 300w is $14.99 currently. The reviews on the site are quite favorable.
 
I have pretty much been running all AquaTop because they are cheap on Amazon. I have had no problems with them yet and I run a 75W in my son's 10gal tank, a 200W in my 29gal tank, two 300W in my 220, and one 300W in my water change barrel. I keep an InkBird on my son's 10gal because the Top Fin that was in it got stuck on and killed all the fish last month, and another InkBird on my 220. The 29 has had the same 200W heater for a little over two years with no controller and has had no issues. The 29 is currently setup, but empty and I do plan on adding an InkBird to it as well before I add anymore fish to it.

I know that a lot of people like to spend money on more expensive heaters for reliability, but it seems to me that if you run and external controller, you don't have to worry about the heaters getting stuck on and if you run dual heaters you don't have to worry if one of them craps out. Therefore, by using a controller, you can open your setup up to the cheaper heaters such as the ones I posted above.
 
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Fish Tank Travis said:
I have pretty much been running all AquaTop because they are cheap on Amazon. I have had no problems with them yet and I run a 75W in my son's 10gal tank, a 200W in my 29gal tank, two 300W in my 220, and one 300W in my water change barrel. I keep an InkBird on my son's 10gal because the Top Fin that was in it got stuck on and killed all the fish last month, and another InkBird on my 220. The 29 has had the same 200W heater for a little over two years with no controller and has had no issues. The 29 is currently setup, but empty and I do plan on adding an InkBird to it as well before I add anymore fish to it.

I know that a lot of people like to spend money on more expensive heaters for reliability, but it seems to me that if you run and external controller, you don't have to worry about the heaters getting stuck on and if you run dual heaters you don't have to worry if one of them craps out. Therefore, by using a controller, you can open your setup up to the cheaper heaters such as the ones I posted above.
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Hope you don't mind the slightly off topic question...

I also have two 300w Aquatops on my 210. I find that it takes multiple days to reach 80-81 degrees. I'm sure the higher temperature I have them set to affects this, but none of my other tanks heat that slow (all at 80). Do you run into this problem too?
 
I run a titanium 800w heater with a heater controller on my 220 in my basement. Will keep temp at 80 no problem with the temp basement temp about 60.
 
Angelphish said:
Hope you don't mind the slightly off topic question...

I also have two 300w Aquatops on my 210. I find that it takes multiple days to reach 80-81 degrees. I'm sure the higher temperature I have them set to affects this, but none of my other tanks heat that slow (all at 80). Do you run into this problem too?
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I will say up front that my tank is in one of the main rooms in my house where the ambient temperature is about 70 degrees. When I first set the tank up and filled it from the garden hose, the water was about 49 degrees. I let the tank sit for a weekend so it could just warm up a bit from the ambient temp of the room. After a few days it was near 70 degrees and I turned the heaters on. The heaters are both set at 86 and the controller is set at 82, with a 1 degree temperature differential. It took less than a day to bring the temperature up to 82 degrees. After that, it seems to take it several hours to drop down to 81 degrees where the controller turns the heaters on. Then, I think it only takes 20-30 minutes to heat the tank back up to 82 degrees.
 
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