What Do You Have Heating your 180gal???

[SumoNinja]

I was thinking about getting (2) 300 Watt Heaters. Is that good enough? Or what should I use?

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

stealth

 

[SumoNinja]

stealth

what's the wattage I should use on a 180g??

is that a common brand I can find at pets mart or something?

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

marineland

 

[stingraybob]

i used a 250 and a 300 watt heaters in my 150, different wattages cause the big bad fish store that thinks theyre great never have 2 of anything ya need, so i settled for a 250 and a 300...works fine for me

 

[SumoNinja]

i used a 250 and a 300 watt heaters in my 150, different wattages cause the big bad fish store that thinks theyre great never have 2 of anything ya need, so i settled for a 250 and a 300...works fine for me

so don't get two 300w heaters? get a 250 and 300 instead? anyone know why? btw, thanks stingraybob, cool avatar,........... made me laugh

 

[tapeworm]

Summer is around the corner man. You won't be needing heaters very much down here in soCal. Honestly I would go with two 300w heaters.

 

[BPags52]

It's been years since I even looked at my heater, so not 100% what wattage or brand it is. But If I had to guess, I'd say its a Marineland 300W (heating my 125g by itself). I never really monitored my temperature until recently (planning on getting cichla in a month or so, and wanted to make sure water would stay warm enough). Tank temperature stays about 83-84 degrees fahrenheit. It runs alot though, and probably is why my utility bill kills me everytime I open it....but then, Tallahassee has the highest utility rates in the state so its hard to say.

 

[SumoNinja]

thanks guys, for now mabye i'll just get a 300 watt and maybe add a second one in september or something

 

[BPags52]

What temp do you plan to keep your tank at? 1 300w for a 180g seems kinda low.

Sounds like the other guy went with a 300 and 250 just because his local fish store didn't have 2 300s in stock.