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my tank is solidly 8 degrees F above ambient, pretty sure my heater doesnt even turn on (have its set to 76 and tank is consistently 78). So if tank temp falls its because ambient fell, so I just turn up heat in house
plastic lid that came with the tank, LED lighting that sits 3" our less off the surface of the water. I literally today put on a mesh lid and AI Prime HD's 8" above the water and expect things to change slightly... will keep you posted of you want, just PM me.Do you use glass lids and MH? Trying to figure out how you are getting water temp 8 degrees above ambient air temp without heater.
Today I awoke to the tank at 76.2 which tells me my heater has definitely kicked on to help keep the tank temp. The LED Lightbar sat inside of the Plastic lid which is what I attributed to most of the heat (pumps and others a little bit too but not nearly as much as that light fixture)Do you use glass lids and MH? Trying to figure out how you are getting water temp 8 degrees above ambient air temp without heater.
Great Topic. I laugh at the $100 heaters and myself for ever buying them. The Tetra HT-30 is a 100 Watt heater, I just add them until I have enough wattage. Last month on Amazon they were less than $12. I have 3- 50 gallon tanks, a 30 gal and a 400. The 400 doesn't have water and I do live in Phoenix Arizona so...yeah. But seriously try to tell me I'm wrong at $10 per 100w of heat. They last 3 years EASY and when they go wrong its only 100watts at a time. For the record I've only thrown away 2 for having moisture inside the glass and I've used many.The QOTD was inspired by this thread!
Today let's talk about heaters, heaters and more heaters for your aquarium! But not just for your aquarium but for your aquarium DURING the winter! So winter comes, it cools down outside and inside and it takes more watts to keep all that water warm! So what do you do? Turn the heaters up, turn the house heat up or buy another heater? Let's talk about it!
1. If you notice your aquarium water temperature trending down during the colder months what do you do? Increase the temp on your current heater(s), turn the house heat up more, add another aquarium heater or something else?
2. How many heaters do you run, how many total watts, and how many gallons of water do you have to heat?
how many logs you putting on the fire up there bro Do you live above a foundry?I have an opposite problem... I may need a chiller for winter
Sweet! How do I get on that gift list?About 200 gallons and roughly 7,500 W of heaters. I have a lot of...redundancy.
Edit: most of the heaters are sitting in boxes unused. I literally have boxes and boxes of new Fluval E heaters that I sometimes give out as gifts. I have a 1 x 500W IM Helio PTC heating my main 125 gal tank (with the 2nd 500W heating element sitting in the box). Smaller QT tanks have a single Fluval E or old-style Aqueon Pro.