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I had an Eheim heater that seemed to have either a faulty thermostat or possibly the ring that you turned to adjust it was faulty. Either way, it would cycle on and off, so it wasn't stuck in that way, but it persisted in way overheating my tank no matter how I turned it down.
Now I'm using one of the BRS titanium heaters with an InkBird Wi-Fi controller. I'd feel even better with one more layer of redundancy but at least with this I can monitor temperature from anywhere and should get an alarm if something goes wrong. I'm happy with this setup so far!
Funny thing is that I have probably a $10 fixed temp Aqueon heater in my 10g tank and it keeps perfect temperature. No adjustments, no controllers, and it just sits happily at 78F. I really love how this tank lets me keep things so simple.
My biggest question about heaters after my experience with the original heater is the size that we typically put in our tanks. I've always put a heater sized according to the manufacturer but I'm starting to suspect that we often oversize our heaters. Boiling my tank is one of my major worries.
Now I'm using one of the BRS titanium heaters with an InkBird Wi-Fi controller. I'd feel even better with one more layer of redundancy but at least with this I can monitor temperature from anywhere and should get an alarm if something goes wrong. I'm happy with this setup so far!
Funny thing is that I have probably a $10 fixed temp Aqueon heater in my 10g tank and it keeps perfect temperature. No adjustments, no controllers, and it just sits happily at 78F. I really love how this tank lets me keep things so simple.
My biggest question about heaters after my experience with the original heater is the size that we typically put in our tanks. I've always put a heater sized according to the manufacturer but I'm starting to suspect that we often oversize our heaters. Boiling my tank is one of my major worries.