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Bones12 · 02/11/2013, 04:22 PM

Whatever wattage heater your tank requires I would go with 2 instead of one. I always did this in my freshwater setups and the second one was there as a backup. I learned this lesson the hard way while on vacation, the single heater failed and everything was dead!

that guy · 02/11/2013, 05:10 PM

Go with plastic or titanium heaters. Nothing lightens your morning more than waking up to electrocuted fish because the glass heater cracked.

fishgate · 02/11/2013, 07:06 PM

Easy fix though, tell him you were going to buy a $2000 light that would cost $250/year in bulbs but instead are getting a $1000 light with no recurring costs (LED). Then the monthly doesn't seem so bad.

cap032 · 02/11/2013, 07:51 PM

I kept Malawi cichlids for approx 10 years and really enjoyed them. I never got bkred with them, but always had a desire for saltwater. I finally bit the bullet 3 years ago and started my first saltwater tank, a 75 gallon. That tank taught me a lot of "what not to do" and "what not to skimp on". Lol I did become a little board with it.......mostly due to a never ending hair algae battle after using tap water for a year when my lfs closed shop. (An RoDi unit should be your first priority.......trust me!) However my darling wife suggested a bigger tank and BAM, instant rejuvination!!!! After a years worth of piecing together quality equipment my 125g is nearly cycled. Eventually it will house, along with my current fish, a blue jaw trigger and a fox face rabbitfish, plus sps coral and a clam. So Im like a little kid now. IMO, based on observation of myself and others.......when you start getting bored with a saltwater tank........you get a bigger one and expand upon what you can successfully keep in it!!!! Lol Get your hubby hooked and who knows, maybe he will be suggesting a "bigger" tank in a few years!

02/11/2013, 07:06 PM	#28
fishgate Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Damascus, MD Posts: 3,340	Easy fix though, tell him you were going to buy a $2000 light that would cost $250/year in bulbs but instead are getting a $1000 light with no recurring costs (LED). Then the monthly doesn't seem so bad. __________________ 125RR in-wall, 40B Sump, CS180 BM Skimmer, ATI 4x80 watt, eheim 1262, custom wrap around rock wall, ReefKeeper Elite 120g in-wall, 40B Sump, PC 54wx4, Jabao DC-6000 (full siphon), future seahorse t Current Tank Info: 125g, 120g, 2x40b sumps, ATI 4x80 T5HO

02/11/2013, 04:22 PM	#26
Bones12 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Upstate Sc Posts: 68	Whatever wattage heater your tank requires I would go with 2 instead of one. I always did this in my freshwater setups and the second one was there as a backup. I learned this lesson the hard way while on vacation, the single heater failed and everything was dead!

02/11/2013, 05:10 PM	#27
that guy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 174	Go with plastic or titanium heaters. Nothing lightens your morning more than waking up to electrocuted fish because the glass heater cracked.

02/11/2013, 07:51 PM	#29
cap032 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 611	I kept Malawi cichlids for approx 10 years and really enjoyed them. I never got bkred with them, but always had a desire for saltwater. I finally bit the bullet 3 years ago and started my first saltwater tank, a 75 gallon. That tank taught me a lot of "what not to do" and "what not to skimp on". Lol I did become a little board with it.......mostly due to a never ending hair algae battle after using tap water for a year when my lfs closed shop. (An RoDi unit should be your first priority.......trust me!) However my darling wife suggested a bigger tank and BAM, instant rejuvination!!!! After a years worth of piecing together quality equipment my 125g is nearly cycled. Eventually it will house, along with my current fish, a blue jaw trigger and a fox face rabbitfish, plus sps coral and a clam. So Im like a little kid now. IMO, based on observation of myself and others.......when you start getting bored with a saltwater tank........you get a bigger one and expand upon what you can successfully keep in it!!!! Lol Get your hubby hooked and who knows, maybe he will be suggesting a "bigger" tank in a few years!