Heaters for large tanks

[techhnyne]

What heaters do you use for a large tank 240 and better?
i cant seem to find heaters that can efficiently handle a large tank

 

[pecan2phat]

I use multiple 500w titanium heating tubes. When one tube fails, I "eventually" can tell because the tank struggles to stay at target temperature. I feel that these titanium heaters are a consumable since they only last a few years, sometimes only one season.

 

[pecan2phat]

My water volume was approximately 300g (180g + 102g tied to a 75g basement sump).

 

[techhnyne]

I use multiple 500w titanium heating tubes. When one tube fails, I "eventually" can tell because the tank struggles to stay at target temperature. I feel that these titanium heaters are a consumable since they only last a few years, sometimes only one season.

what brand do you use? i dont wanna be spending $400 on heaters every winter thats pricey!

 

[wangspeed]

I use an external inline commercial grade heater. In the US you can get them from Aqualogic. It’s a rebrand, from some UK company, but I don’t recall which company now.

I personally run the Cygnet Mini 500W on my 220 gallon + sump

https://aqualogicinc.com/products/heating/#heaters

 

[pecan2phat]

I've used a bunch of brands, from Finnex to Aqua Medic to JBJ.
In the last few years though, I've been using the ones from Jehmco (came upon these since I buy my frozen Mysis from them) and they have faired better then the above brands for longevity but they still do fail.
http://jehmco.com/html/heaters.html

 

[trido]

I ran three 250 eheim jagers on my 450G system for 10 years and replaced them with three 300 watt eheim jagers only becasue the first set was ten years old. I use a controller for them. My 150G sump, 90G and 35G frag tanks are all in a remote unheated room on the back of my house. When temps outside drop to 32F in the winter I use a space heater to help the room temps stay up but for the other 11 1/2 months a year the 900 watts does the job just fine. With the apex I have them staggered so most often only one comes on. When demand requires then heater 2 and/or 3 will come on depending on outside temps.

 

[Nick30G]

You could just get a Heater Controller like a inkbird and connect two or three 300W Eheim Jagers and that should do the trick.

 

[ca1ore]

EBJ or Finnex on my 700 gallon system. I'd steer clear of the inkbirds, all of mine drift. I use a combo of apex and ranco.