I have used a 300w Hydor ETH In-Line Heater for over 5 years in my 60 tank. It's awesome and as long as I restrain myself from purchasing an oversize aquarium I will keep using them.
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I have used a 300w Hydor ETH In-Line Heater for over 5 years in my 60 tank. It's awesome and as long as I restrain myself from purchasing an oversize aquarium I will keep using them.
I always use Finnex Deluxe Titanium Tubes with a controller (RK or APEX).
Thats great to hear, I am going to be using one on my next tank so I'm glad to hear positive reviews of these heaters.
Thats great to hear, I am going to be using one on my next tank so I'm glad to hear positive reviews of these heaters.
I also use the in-line, 200w though. I'm surprised more people don't use them they are really great.
I use three eheim jagers with a spare in reserve.
Two of them are enough to maintain the temperature, but one is not enough on it's own.
This way if a heater fails in the "on" position my display won't overheat or if it fails in the "off" position I still have the other two to maintain the temperature.
I do not trust the thermostats and verify the temperature with a thermometer.
I run two, one is a Marineland and the other a Jager. Neither have crapped out on me and both run on a controller. I clean the temp probe and heaters weekly. I do have to admit though when I first started the hobby I broke a couple doing water changes and not turning them off before pulling them out of the water :doh:
Ok, wow! I've still got SOO much to learn...lol But anyway, I have always used Marineland. Freshwater tanks for 6+ years (same heater), and saltwater for about a year now, no problems. I did see a comment about them exposed to air, mine are always fully submersed. I think I'm just worried about breaking a glass heater, never tried any of them.
I see your choices for heaters are affordable, but controllers...yikes! Not so cheep! So what's the most affordable and still does a good job?