Heater ?

danielmanlee · 06/28/2007, 12:46 PM

Good day everyone.. Do you use 2 heater for your tank as a backup? I was thinking to add another heater to my 72 gal tank so that in case 1 goes down the other will be working... I was thinking to set 1 at 80 deg and the other at 76 deg. so I will know if the 80 deg is malfunction or not.. please advise

ledford1 · 06/28/2007, 01:58 PM

Definitely use multiple heaters. Also, I would suggest running heaters on a controller, taking tank safety one more step.

powdertang05 · 06/28/2007, 02:51 PM

also agree on the controller ive used 4 different brands ebo, visi, hydor, and now aqua medic by far the aqua medic stays at a constant it costed me over 80 bucks but it comes with a controller and a nice titanium heater well worth it. other then that really any brand of heater can be used but would recommend a controller such as a medusa or maybe a ranco.

06/28/2007, 12:46 PM	#1
danielmanlee Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Francisco Posts: 183	Heater ? Good day everyone.. Do you use 2 heater for your tank as a backup? I was thinking to add another heater to my 72 gal tank so that in case 1 goes down the other will be working... I was thinking to set 1 at 80 deg and the other at 76 deg. so I will know if the 80 deg is malfunction or not.. please advise

06/28/2007, 01:58 PM	#2
ledford1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 2,241	Definitely use multiple heaters. Also, I would suggest running heaters on a controller, taking tank safety one more step.

06/28/2007, 02:51 PM	#3
powdertang05 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hayward, CA Posts: 613	also agree on the controller ive used 4 different brands ebo, visi, hydor, and now aqua medic by far the aqua medic stays at a constant it costed me over 80 bucks but it comes with a controller and a nice titanium heater well worth it. other then that really any brand of heater can be used but would recommend a controller such as a medusa or maybe a ranco.