What heater do you use?

[biggfish]

I use stealths as well. They don't shatter due to immediate temperture changes like the glass ones and they don't burn the rays. I have never had a cover on mine and have never had any rays get burned.

 

[Totskie]

Sounds good folks. I'm just hesitant getting the stealths cause there's no indicator light. I'm scared it breaks and I won't know. Rena smartheaters seems like it'd be cool. But hows does water flow through it?

 

[Nic]

Sounds good folks. I'm just hesitant getting the stealths cause there's no indicator light. I'm scared it breaks and I won't know. Rena smartheaters seems like it'd be cool. But hows does water flow through it?

or just plug them into a kila watt heater....

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Ebo Jager, and it's in the sump.

+1

I also always have two heaters in my sumps, one for a backup of course....

 

[john C]

i personally like heaters with separate controller and if heater is in tank use pvc to make a guard. i don't know why people mess with stealths unless they are putting there rays in a 55gal or something. i have 1000w heaters on most of my setups.

 

[DB junkie]

i don't know why people mess with stealths unless they are putting there rays in a 55gal or something..

Maybe cause they are cheap yet reliable? I've heard plenty of horror stories regarding 1K watt Tiatanium heaters......

 

[ShadowStryder]

i personally like heaters with separate controller and if heater is in tank use pvc to make a guard. i don't know why people mess with stealths unless they are putting there rays in a 55gal or something. i have 1000w heaters on most of my setups.

Plus when using multiple heaters if one does fail there is always a backup.
Just like using multiple filters, always a backup.

 

[T1KARMANN]

if you have a heater in the tank it needs a guard

if you are using a canister filter why not get the hydor external it goes outside the tank in line with the return pipe of the filter

i have been running the hydor 300w efi for over 3 years with no problems