Having a bit of a heater issue, assuming primarily due to the fact that we keep our house on the chilly side in the winter- the room my tank is in stays around 64-66° only because the pellet stove is located in close proximity.
The tank is 75 gallons with around 15-20 gallons in the sump. I’m currently running 2 Jager 150 watt heaters on an InkBird. They’re having a hard time getting up to 78°. I actually had to turn down the settings to 77° as a low and 77.5° as a high just so it would get up to temp and give the heaters a break (there’s nothing living in the tank as I’m still setting it up).
That said, I would have figured 2 Jager 150 watt heaters would be ok with 300 watts total, but it’s not cutting it. The 200 watt heaters are too long for my sump setup. I’m considering the @Bulk Reef Supply Titanium heaters, and don’t want to run into the same issue since I didn’t take into account room temp when looking at the ratings of the Jagers… Looking at the Titanium specs and my current issue, I’m inclined to think I need 2 of the 300 watt heaters for this system.
Just looking for a bit of help making sure this is the correct thought process, since it doesn’t seem like the glass heater watts and titanium watts are aligned, which if someone could clarify that as well that would be solid.
Thanks in advance…
The tank is 75 gallons with around 15-20 gallons in the sump. I’m currently running 2 Jager 150 watt heaters on an InkBird. They’re having a hard time getting up to 78°. I actually had to turn down the settings to 77° as a low and 77.5° as a high just so it would get up to temp and give the heaters a break (there’s nothing living in the tank as I’m still setting it up).
That said, I would have figured 2 Jager 150 watt heaters would be ok with 300 watts total, but it’s not cutting it. The 200 watt heaters are too long for my sump setup. I’m considering the @Bulk Reef Supply Titanium heaters, and don’t want to run into the same issue since I didn’t take into account room temp when looking at the ratings of the Jagers… Looking at the Titanium specs and my current issue, I’m inclined to think I need 2 of the 300 watt heaters for this system.
Just looking for a bit of help making sure this is the correct thought process, since it doesn’t seem like the glass heater watts and titanium watts are aligned, which if someone could clarify that as well that would be solid.
Thanks in advance…