Best Heater

[The new fish on the block]

Hi all im looking to buy another heater i haven't had one for a few months But I'm looking to get a Bta and I probably need a heater which one is the best?

 

[masterbuilder]

an never go wrong with a Eheim Jager

 

[Cory]

Dont buy one, they are dangerous. But more pumps until the temp is where you want it. Or add lights. Or/and add a lid.

I dont use heaters, they should be banned.

 

[The new fish on the block]

Dont buy one, they are dangerous. But more pumps until the temp is where you want it. Or add lights. Or/and add a lid.

I dont use heaters, they should be banned.

Do you have an anemone in your tank? if so does it do ok?

 

[Cory]

Do you have an anemone in your tank? if so does it do ok?

I had an anemone abd it did great until it met the powerhead and got sucked in. My temp is a consistant 82-86f. Dont worry the reef temp doesnt stay stable. As long as the temp is from 76-86f daily there shouldnt be any problems.

 

[The new fish on the block]

Ok thanks

 

[mfinn]

Dont buy one, they are dangerous. But more pumps until the temp is where you want it. Or add lights. Or/and add a lid.

I dont use heaters, they should be banned.

That's probably the worst advice I've ever heard.

While heaters are one of the weakest links in our systems, they are needed to keep fairly stable temps.

 

[Cory]

That's probably the worst advice I've ever heard.

While heaters are one of the weakest links in our systems, they are needed to keep fairly stable temps.

No its not. Heaters are not necessary with enough things heating your tank that dont blow up and kill everything in your tank. Good luck with your heater.

 

[mfinn]

No its not. Heaters are not necessary with enough things heating your tank that dont blow up and kill everything in your tank. Good luck with your heater.

I stand by my statement.
Telling someone to add more pumps or lights to avoid using a heater is stupid IMO.

 

[shadow1013]

Though I don't agree with the no heater idea lets keep this friendly. If he chooses to not run a heater and he says to go without a heater he is no more stupid than anyone else who says go with a heater.

Heaters can fail, either fail by staying on which is the worse, or fail by never coming back on. In the BRS videos they replace their heaters every year to make sure nothing bad happens.

Back to the question. You will get a wide range of people who say which are the best but hopefully you will see about three or four companies that pop out from your question and from others asking about heaters. I use Cobalt Neo-Therm.

 

[Blitzie]

Is a heater required. Other questions may need to be answered.
What temperature is the room you have the rank in if its a constant 78 plus then you may not.
For me i need one actually two of them. Living in New England and having my sump in the basement the heaters run quite often especially in the winter.

I also heat my water before water changes and check the salinity when the water is at tank temperature

 

[mfinn]

Though I don't agree with the no heater idea lets keep this friendly. If he chooses to not run a heater and he says to go without a heater he is no more stupid than anyone else who says go with a heater.

He can do anything he wants if it works for him, but to tell someone to add more pumps or lights in place of a heater, IMO is stupid advice.

 

[ifarmer]

No its not. Heaters are not necessary with enough things heating your tank that dont blow up and kill everything in your tank. Good luck with your heater.

I guess this depends on where you live. If you live down south in texas or mexico then you might not need it but if you from new england you definitely need at least one and or possibly a backup as well. I run two myself (second one as a backup) from November to May and no heaters from june to october . And i am from the new england.area.

Is a heater required. Other questions may need to be answered.
What temperature is the room you have the rank in if its a constant 78 plus then you may not.
For me i need one actually two of them. Living in New England and having my sump in the basement the heaters run quite often especially in the winter.

I also heat my water before water changes and check the salinity when the water is at tank temperature

 

[Cory]

You guys are not seeing the benefits of not running a heater. Replace a heater with more lights or more pumps is sound advice. You increase flow or photosythesis or coral growth.

Been running heaterless for years. No problems at all. Temp is 82-86 daily all year. House temp is 70-80f.

Of course if you cant buy more pumps, or more lights, you can put a glass lid and save water because of evaporation. Or just get a heater and risk loosing everything because the glass cracked or the thermostat malfunctioned and cooked evrything.

Good luck

 

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If running a heater it's best practice to use a redundant system, meaning multiple undersized heaters on a controller. This explains it in depth.

 

[shadow1013]

Yeah that is why I have a 200W and a 150W heater.

If running a heater it's best practice to use a redundant system, meaning multiple undersized heaters on a controller. This explains it in depth.

 

[NeptuneGarden]

I look at all heaters about the same. They are all fairly reliable for 6-12 months. Then they are all fairly unreliable.

I consider heaters to be a throw away consumable. They get swapped out on same time frame bulbs used to get replaced, then it did not really matter if you bought the cheap-o generic or name brand.

Always use a stand alone controller with a heater. NEVER trust it's internal thermometer. EVER.

 

[Pdandy]

I use a titanium heater with ranco controller I got from jehmco.

 

[Cory]

Its fine to have a controller or dual heaters but its still not safe. No argument here.

Why not spend 200 watt heater on a 80 watt kessil led lamp to compensate?

Its a no brainer to me

Who doesbt heat their homes?

 

[Cory]

Should i add a heater? My temp stays 82-86f all year because of the equipment.