My aquarium is a 24x24x24 inch of all side and a big sump to, so my estimate is that the total volume of water will be 250 liters with the sump and I bought tetra ht 300 for my aquarium, my question is if there will be any problem with that size of heater in my aquarium for the long term? In the manufacture details for this heater is overrated...but also in many pieces of equipment in this hobby that we buy overrated.
A heater that overrated
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Radman73
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Do you have the heater on a controller? My recommendation, and what I use on my tanks, is two heaters rated for half capacity, but controlled via an Apex. I have a 60 cube as well and will look at my heater wattage when I get home tonight.
Also, where you live matters. I live in Florida so my heater requirements typically pale in comparison to others.
Also, where you live matters. I live in Florida so my heater requirements typically pale in comparison to others.
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Heaters are critical and the single least reliable piece of equipment we typically use on our tanks. For that reason most recommend 2 heaters over one large one. That way if one fails on it will not cook the tank and if one fails off the tank will not get super cold. Having the heaters on a controller should greatly reduce the likely hood of the tank getting cooked, but will not help if the heater fails off. The ink bird controllers have a good reputation.
I have had 2 heaters fail off during the first cold spell this year. One was brand new. I have 5 300 watt heaters on 2 controllers for my 350 gallon system. Each heater is set to roughly 77 degrees. One controller turns 3 heaters on first. If temp continues to drop the second controller turns on the last 2.
I have had 2 heaters fail off during the first cold spell this year. One was brand new. I have 5 300 watt heaters on 2 controllers for my 350 gallon system. Each heater is set to roughly 77 degrees. One controller turns 3 heaters on first. If temp continues to drop the second controller turns on the last 2.
Thanks, I will go to the store and replace the 300 ht watt for 2 smallest...but on my ink bird controller it wrote that one plug is for cooling and the other for heating, so thinking if it does matters to plug 2 heaters where it wrote that it for colling.
Flippers4pups
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Use a power strip to plug the heaters into, then plug the power strip into "heaters" plug on the Inkbird.
albano
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One plug in on when the tank temp is low, the other comes on only when the tank temp is high... they should not come on at the same time
albano
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If you meant that you want to plug the second heater into the 'cooling' outlet...don't ! If the water gets too warm, the 'cooling' outlet will turn on the second heater and 'cook' your tank.
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I was not at all satisfied with the (st)Inkbird controllers I bought. Toleances were poor and they drifted significantly to point where I came to consider them to be junk and acted accordingly. FWIW, my approach to heating has been to figure out how much wattage I need in total, divide that number by two and buy three of that value. So, if you need 200 watts total, use three 100 watt heaters. That way no single failure can cook the tank; nor can it drop significantly.
SeaJay
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I just use one of these to plug both heaters into the single “heater” outlet on the inkbird.
Radman73
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I use 150W heaters on my 60 cube. Sorry for the late reply!
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2 x 100w heaters will be better option than one 300. like mentioned above. use a splitter or power strip and plug the strip into the heater port of the controller. then plug heaters to splitter or power strip. Just make sure the power strip or splitter are rated for atleast 200w if using 2 x 100w heater.
Controller itself is rated upto 1000w so theoratically you can add 10 x 100w heaters to controller as long as strip is also rated to handle that much wattage.
Controller itself is rated upto 1000w so theoratically you can add 10 x 100w heaters to controller as long as strip is also rated to handle that much wattage.
Dr. Reef
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Heater plug on the ink bird controller is rated for at least 1000w depending on the model.
That should be able to handle 10 x 100w heaters with the assumption that the splitter or power strip itself can handle the same.
No long term harm if all equipment used is rated accordingly.
That should be able to handle 10 x 100w heaters with the assumption that the splitter or power strip itself can handle the same.
No long term harm if all equipment used is rated accordingly.
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That GE 3 way posted above is rated for 110v.
You would need a 220v version of it. Although its rated for 1800w so it will handle 2 x 100w like a breeze.
You would need a 220v version of it. Although its rated for 1800w so it will handle 2 x 100w like a breeze.
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