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For the money, Eheim Jager. I did a review of mine here:
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Best heater imo is the neotherm heater. If you have a misshap on a water change or something and it comes out of the water it wont bust inside your tank when it touches the water agai.
Where are you getting these recommendations? What is the ambient temperature. I have a 210 and the temperature rarely drops below 79 and that is without any heaters. Just pumps.
I'm aware of the reasoning, I do it myself. My point was that he was going to put an 800w heater in a 220 (then corrected it to 500w). I have a 300w in a 210 and it never turns on, even in the winter. 2 Ehiem 1262s act as free heaters!I know that this is a little old, but having two heaters isn’t because one won’t do the job. It’s so that if one dies, the other picks up the slack.
Do you recommend any controller? I have two 300 Eheim on my 150galDT and 70gal sump. ThxEheim, with a controller is hard to beat
same here. but had the 400w model. eventually I got some water on the knob control and so I hardwired it on for a couple years (risky plays!). still works. switched over the jagers and I don’t like them as much - agreed with the length and quirky adjustment mechanisms (gotta love the germans, lol). give me one of those old via aqua titanium any dayBeen keeping aquariums for 35+yrs. Have gone through many heaters. For the last 10+yrs I've owned the same one. A Via Aqua 300w Titanium. Controller mounts outside the tank. Has a 12" heat prob. Hands down the best heater I've ever owned!
I had a Finnex with the built in thermostat work well for five years. That heater is now retired and doing water-change water warmups. I put the same type of heater in my 10g. I was disappointed at the accuracy. Spec says plus or minus 2 degrees. My issue was if I set it to 79 I got 77 and if I set it to 80 I got 82. But I have the whole thing on a controller so it does not really matter. I just thought that, with a more accurate internal thermostat the heater would cycle less frequently. My 120 gal has the titanium heater from Finnex with no built-in thermostat and I am relying on the Apex.One of the most important and dangerous pieces of equipment to use in your reef is a heater! Get a good one and all is well. Get a bad one and you could kill your tank!
In your experience what is the BEST aquarium heater you have used for your reef to date and why?