Temp... whats a good heater to get?

cirelli77 · 08-17-2007, 02:54 PM

Need to get a heater for a 75 gal tank

. Also can i just put it in the sump? Im haveing a few degree shift from the day to night temps. I keep the tank in a back bedroom with the ac on constantly because it so freaking hot latlely. With out the ac on the temp was hitting 80+ Now, Ive noticed temps as low as 75 to about 79 I pretty sure thats still to much of a shift? No corals in tank yet.

Hop · 08-17-2007, 03:17 PM

Yes you can put them in the sump... I prefer one on a controller. Do you have a AC Jr or anything? A ranco controller is not horrably expensive. Otherwise people prefer non-glass heaters, but I've been running visitherm glass heaters on a controller for about 7 years now and all of them still work perfect... Not sure whether the internals work right, but the controller turns them on and off when they are needed

Rob_Reef_Keeper · 08-17-2007, 03:29 PM

I agree with the controller. I have a ranco controller for my heater. I just dont trust those cheap thermostats in the heater itself.

cirelli77 · 08-17-2007, 03:55 PM

whats an AC Jr?

Hop · 08-17-2007, 04:08 PM

Neptune controller. The Ac Jr is the baby of their line and worth 10 times what they charge for it

You can get the AC Jr w/ dc8, pH probe and temp controler for a really good price

Check out one of the online vendors for details!

Loverotties · 08-18-2007, 07:54 AM

I like the Won Titanium heater(analog) ,digital ones had problems.You have a remote sensor.So you can have the heater in the sump and the sensor in the tank.

know-it-all · 08-18-2007, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loverotties

I like the Won Titanium heater(analog) ,digital ones had problems.You have a remote sensor.So you can have the heater in the sump and the sensor in the tank.

what he said

I've had a couple of the glass ones break on me (long time ago in a galaxy far far away)
go for the titanium

CaymanLoversII · 09-11-2007, 11:15 PM

I have a WON that is about a year old and it has failed. Nice concept but I am not so sure about reliability.

seasalt dreams · 09-11-2007, 11:23 PM

I put 2X150w heaters in my sump rather than one 300w. If a 300 goes haywire your temp can go very high, but if a single 150 does, you wont suffer as much loss.