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04-01-2007, 01:54 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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heater question
will 2 200 watt heaters be enough for my 180 gallon?
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama"
180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 Triton Aquatics GS2 maxijet mods, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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04-01-2007, 07:46 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lynchburg VA
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I have 3/300W heaters in my 220.........I would pick up at least 1 more heater.
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04-01-2007, 08:25 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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1 bigger one.
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04-02-2007, 12:41 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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3 300 watt heaters... that seems like an awful lot...
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama"
180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 Triton Aquatics GS2 maxijet mods, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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04-02-2007, 12:42 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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how about 2 300 watt heaters in my 180 then?
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama"
180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 Triton Aquatics GS2 maxijet mods, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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04-02-2007, 06:14 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canton, GA USA
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Should do it. Depends how many degrees you need to raise it. Coming into the summer you may not need a third one - I'd get 2 and see how it goes.
2 are better than one big one because if one fails, you have a backup. If one quits, the other will keep working so the temp shouldn't plummet (at least not too fast!) and if one gets stuck on, it's not strong enough to make fish soup. 
Been there - done that... it ain't pretty.
Jenn
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