Best Heater money can buy?!

[Velodog2]

Stay away from the cobalt neotherm, they look nice and sleek but when the bottom cracks and takes out your controller and leaks stray voltage... ughhh

Been waiting to hear about one of these doing something like this. The only test of a heater is time and these have been too new to be getting so much positive press.

I used to use Finnex titanium in pairs. In pairs because they seemed to have about a 50% failure rate after a year.

Jager on a controller is my recommendation.

 

[Browncoat]

Yeah its a bad deal. There has been many other ppl who have said the same thing, they all crack @ the bottom edge within 6 mo to a yr sometimes earlier. And that is exactly what happened to mine.

 

[michael_cb_125]

I have lost too many fish to failed heaters and controllers. I used the Eheim Ebo Jager Pyrex heaters for years (Always replaced the heaters after a year) and finally got bit. I had one cook one of my angelfish displays.

I have since completely stopped using heaters. My deep water tank is seasonal in temperature and varies from 52F in the winter to 68F in the summer. My reef systems are much more constistant with a year round temp of 75 (with maybe a degree of flux during season change). We keep our home very cool in all areas, except the reef room which is kept at 73.

I have slept so much better since ditching heaters over 6 years ago....>

~Michael

 

[SchnitzelReef]

I had a via aqua titanium heater for 3 years with zero problems. I like the via aqua because it comes with a controller. Then u can add a ranco or an apex on top of that. I would NEVER run a heater with out two back ups. Heater controller and a second controller on top of that.