Heater

[Ncreefer]

How many people run heaters? House stays 71 in winter 74 in summer. Thinking doing away with heater one less fail. Or gonna put a ranco controller. Have a 150 reef and putting up a 60 gallon water box for high end sps.

 

[Duffer]

I run a heater. Tank s in the basement with winter the room is around 67 degrees,so a heater is a must

 

[Big G]

I run a heater. In our climate in Oregon, if something were to happen to the house heating, it could get very cold indoors quickly.

Big fan of Finnex Titanium heater and Finnex controller.

 

[Ncreefer]

I run a heater. In our climate in Oregon, if something were to happen to the house heating, it could get very cold indoors quickly.

Big fan of Finnex Titanium heater and Finnex controller.

I have a finnex on the 150

 

[Wick]

I run a heater. In our climate in Oregon, if something were to happen to the house heating, it could get very cold indoors quickly.

Big fan of Finnex Titanium heater and Finnex controller.

Can you run it in your sump? Was looking at the 300 watt one . It says 80 to 100 gallons.

 

[Big G]

Yep, that's where I run my heater in the sump.

 

[Wick]

Which chamber?

 

[reefrf]

Yes I run heaters to maintain temp around 79-81 in summer. IMO running your reef in the mid to low seventies is too low.

 

[Big G]

Which chamber?

I have mine in the middle chamber between the filter sock chamber and the pump chamber. I don't run a skimmer. The middle chamber has cheato and sea lettuce, ceramic media in mesh bag, foam filters for my QT's HOB floating around with the heater.

 

[Wick]

I have mine in the middle chamber between the filter sock chamber and the pump chamber. I don't run a skimmer. The middle chamber has cheato and sea lettuce, ceramic media in mesh bag, foam filters for my QT's HOB floating around with the heater.[/QUO

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/h...MIzNvLr8aA4QIVCVSGCh2Q3gnJEAQYAyABEgIlEfD_BwE
Would this be ok to run for 75 gallon tank and 20 gallon sump? Or best to buy two? Sorry for hi jacking this thread!

 

[cvrle1]

https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/h...MIzNvLr8aA4QIVCVSGCh2Q3gnJEAQYAyABEgIlEfD_BwE
Would this be ok to run for 75 gallon tank and 20 gallon sump? Or best to buy two? Sorry for hi jacking this thread!

It's always better to run 2 smaller heaters each with controller, than one larger one by itself. Heaters will fail 100% sooner or later. Having 2 smaller ones is extra safety.

 

[Wick]

It's always better to run 2 smaller heaters each with controller, than one larger one by itself. Heaters will fail 100% sooner or later. Having 2 smaller ones is extra safety.

So two smaller ones plus a controller?

 

[A sea K]

I run three heaters on a Ranco 2 stage controller. I had this in use on my old system but no longer need the cooling stage on my current tank. I live in Florida and keep the house at a max temp of 80 in the summer and min temp of 68 in the winter. Given my location and current time of year it is not at all uncommon to run the heat in the night and AC during the day. Tank temps run 76-77 year round.

 

[cvrle1]

So two smaller ones plus a controller?

To be as safe as possible, and to mitigate risks as much as you can, I would do 2 smaller ones, each on its own controller. That way you have as much redundancy as possible.