Hi, I’m getting a heater as the one I have isn’t cutting it. What heater would you recommend for a 20 gallon?
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High failure rate on these. I had 2 fail within a year or two. Too many negative reviews of the same sort on the typical sites.The cobalt are a good option. Very slim
The problem with an electronic heater is that it will fail 'off' as often as 'on', and so a thermostat won't help in half the cases. A glass tube heater set on max temp will likely fail 'on', which is what we want anyway. Glass tube heaters are also a lot less expensive (Eheim is half the price of a Cobalt).Run it off a controller like ink bird. Eheim and such heaters have also had similar histories
What would you recommend?The problem with an electronic heater is that it will fail 'off' as often as 'on', and so a thermostat won't help in half the cases. A glass tube heater set on max temp will likely fail 'on', which is what we want anyway. Glass tube heaters are also a lot less expensive (Eheim is half the price of a Cobalt).
I use an Eheim and the non-wifi Inkbird to control it. I have two like this that replaced the Cobalts that failed.What would you recommend?