Heater mounts

[Chuck]

I was wondering if anyone has a creative way to hang a EBO Jager heater on an All-Glass aquarium tank. The tank has a plastic lip at the top that sticks out pretty far and the mounts on the heater will not reach the back glass because of it. The only way to get it to reach the back glass would be to submerge the entire heater and that is not good. I have tried putting the heater in the sump and it doesn't heat my tank (nor the sump for that matter). The heater is definitely on and its a 200 watt heater in a 75 gal tank. So if anyone has any suggestions on mounting it in the main tank or for why the heater isn't doing its job I would greatly appreciate it.

[techniner]

Your local pet store should have something to EXTEND a power head pump.. well who says it needs to be a power head ?

For example.. the power head kits usually come with SLIDE ON BACK type mount.. or over hang mount...

Well there are other ways to do that too...
A long piece of thick plastic with two holes drilled for your suction cups..

the plastic can extened from the glass leaving you with enough room..

I ended up clamping two together on a hagen heater I had before it broke...

the heaters are quite bulk but with a little effort you can get that mounted..
let me know if you need any further help . here is brief example of what I mean..

__________ <--Glass
o | o <-----suction cups
| <--- plastic arm from pet store
|
| H | <-- clamp
H
H

I know its vague but can be done.. I will get links for pieces for you.. I will post in a moment..

Hard to explain this ehehe Wish I still had my setup I would mail it to you..

[techniner]

I know its not the best picture here.. but Check out the back of this heater.. you need a long piece of plastic like that.. and then long suction cups will make up for space...

[Geoff]

that seems strange. i have a 250w heater on my 125g without any problems. it is also completely submerged. i have had Ebo-Jagers for over 15 years and have always have had them submerged. what temp are you trying to get the aquarium up to?

the only thing i can think of is that you may have to much flow in the sump. the contact time with the heater is not enough to raise the temp of the water. do you have a slower flow area of the sump you can place the heater in.

G~

[Chuck]

Well I didn't really figure out my heater mount problem but I did figure out what the problem was with the heater not heating the water. I was using my heater in my sump so I didn't have to look at it. I had the heater was sitting straight up and down. But the only part of the heater that actually gets hot is the top 10% of the heater coil which was not sitting in the water since my sump is about 14 inches deep. So I put the heater in the sump at an angle so that the part at the top that gets warm touches the water and mounted it using the suction cups. Now my heater actually heats up the water and is mounted in the sump. The tank is sitting at a nice 76.5 degrees. Thanks for the help everyone.

[Geoff]

glad to hear!!

i have had Ebo so long, i just throw them in anywhere they will fit.

G~