Acrylic Sump Heater Question

chiefifd · 08/23/2020, 04:28 PM

Hello all.....
I'm looking at an Acrylic Sump for my tank build. Is anyone concerned about the heater/heaters being in contact with the acrylic? Maybe I'm being too cautious.
Thanks for looking.

ROlympia · 08/23/2020, 08:26 PM

They should have some kind of cage and suction feet so they're not actually in contact with the acryllic.

dattack · 08/24/2020, 12:00 AM

Should be fine. Water will conduct most of the heat before it reaches the acrylic.

chiefifd · 08/24/2020, 07:26 AM

I think I found a soultion, basically PVC pipe with holes where the heaters sit. The PVC is suspended across the sump with a few elbows. The magic of PVC

I'll be working on that in the future.
Thanks all.....

OneReef · 08/24/2020, 06:24 PM

I like the Titanium Finnex HMA heaters. They come with a plastic cover to protect it from touching anything,

chiefifd · 08/24/2020, 07:12 PM

I just switched to the titanium BRS heaters. I like them so far, but switching my sump to an acrylic. I made a homemade sump that I'm not happy with.

tacocat · 08/24/2020, 08:16 PM

The melting point of acrylic is 320*F. Melting the sump will be the least of your worries if that happens.

chiefifd · 08/25/2020, 06:30 AM

Good to know tacocat! As a Volunteer FireFighter for over 35 years, I should have thought about that. I'm glad you checked for me!
Maybe now I can concentrate on making it look like a clean install.

Hellsangelbx · 08/26/2020, 09:27 PM

Yeah you should have no worries

Milemarker0 · 09/07/2020, 11:26 AM

You will be fine.

08/23/2020, 04:28 PM	#1
chiefifd Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 312	Acrylic Sump Heater Question Hello all..... I'm looking at an Acrylic Sump for my tank build. Is anyone concerned about the heater/heaters being in contact with the acrylic? Maybe I'm being too cautious. Thanks for looking.

08/24/2020, 08:16 PM	#7
tacocat Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,447	The melting point of acrylic is 320*F. Melting the sump will be the least of your worries if that happens. __________________ Going to need a cleanup on aisle 3 Current Tank Info: 240g Starphire cube

08/23/2020, 08:26 PM	#2
ROlympia Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 138	They should have some kind of cage and suction feet so they're not actually in contact with the acryllic.

08/24/2020, 12:00 AM	#3
dattack Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 4,992	Should be fine. Water will conduct most of the heat before it reaches the acrylic.

08/24/2020, 07:26 AM	#4
chiefifd Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 312	I think I found a soultion, basically PVC pipe with holes where the heaters sit. The PVC is suspended across the sump with a few elbows. The magic of PVC I'll be working on that in the future. Thanks all.....

08/24/2020, 06:24 PM	#5
OneReef Reef Guru Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: the great South Posts: 3,218	I like the Titanium Finnex HMA heaters. They come with a plastic cover to protect it from touching anything,

08/24/2020, 07:12 PM	#6
chiefifd Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 312	I just switched to the titanium BRS heaters. I like them so far, but switching my sump to an acrylic. I made a homemade sump that I'm not happy with.

08/25/2020, 06:30 AM	#8
chiefifd Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Upper Michigan Posts: 312	Good to know tacocat! As a Volunteer FireFighter for over 35 years, I should have thought about that. I'm glad you checked for me! Maybe now I can concentrate on making it look like a clean install.

08/26/2020, 09:27 PM	#9
Hellsangelbx Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 52	Yeah you should have no worries

09/07/2020, 11:26 AM	#10
Milemarker0 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 18	You will be fine.