Heater placement in sump

[Mike Sydney]

Over the last several weeks I’ve been adding a lot of equipment under my cabinet. I recently had a thought about where I had my heater in my sump. I had it in the same compartment where all my probes are... including my temperature probe.

Everything I have been doing is about creating a much higher level of consistency with my water chemistry.

it seems like I missed the mark on where I put my heater. My probe is being overly effected by having the heater in the same compartment. I know a lot of water is flowing thru there, but... Anyway, I just moved my heater to the last compartment in my sump, with the return pump. Now the temperature being measured is only the water entering the sump...

Am I on the right path here? Or did I have it right before moving it?

I took mine out of the sump, the control is not good using it in a sump
I put both in the tank and I power them using inkbird sensor as a backup
That means you use an inkbird to turn the power off and on for heating
The cooling side gives power to a chiller and the chiller pump (Australian Summer)
But both heaters also have their own sensor and temperature control
This stops the classic cooking of a reef which happens to some from time to time

https://www.amazon.com.au/Inkbird-P...&hvtargid=pla-672793573653&psc=1&gad_source=1

And I purchased a safe heater which is completely sealed and looks better to avoid getting killed by electricity, lol, I placed them on the back wall of the tank
Control as attached graph within 1 degree C


https://www.aquael.com/products/aquaristics-us/new-us/ultra-heater/