Heaters

[jmags080307]

My eheim heater is coming up on 3 years. Just curious if people will typically replace them every so often. Not even sure what the typical life is of one.

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[DangerDave]

Mags I don't know the answer to that. I have an old 300 watt one that's been running for 10 years. It's now a backup, it works fine still. If you do have to get a new one, get the all metal ones. My current two heaters are titanium with no thermostat, they rely on the Apex to run. It's nice not having glass in there...

 

[Trio91]

I would get a back up, and use that one till it dies. Myself, I tend to hoard heaters just to be on the safe side

 

[Haus]

I’ve seen it recommended to replace every two years. I once had a a heater break and the problem is that when they break they get stuck on, not off, so they overheat everything. A controller is on my wish list this year for that reason. I’d say if you have a controller you probably don’t need to replace it, but if you don’t you may want to rotate every few years. A backups definitely a good idea.

 

[jmags080307]

I’ve seen it recommended to replace every two years. I once had a a heater break and the problem is that when they break they get stuck on, not off, so they overheat everything. A controller is on my wish list this year for that reason. I’d say if you have a controller you probably don’t need to replace it, but if you don’t you may want to rotate every few years. A backups definitely a good idea.

That's my concern. I have an apex on my one tank but not my other. I'll probably just replace it at some point. Heaters are pretty reasonable theses days.

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[Martin Riggs]

I have a tough time calibrating my eheim heater. Personally I would like to run a controller like bluebird.

 

[Trio91]

You can get a cheap RKL to use as your temp controller

 

[DangerDave]

That's my concern. I have an apex on my one tank but not my other. I'll probably just replace it at some point. Heaters are pretty reasonable theses days.

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You could also hook your apex up to this tank as well...

 

[etmanning1]

I use one small heater that got stuck on as a general heat source and supplement with a larger 200W that I replace yearly and is hooked up to my Reefkeeper.


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[raccioppi83]

I've been running the same 200W aqueon heater from petco for about 7 years now. Works like a charm! *knock on wood*

 

[jmags080307]

You could also hook your apex up to this tank as well...

@dangerdave oh... my tanks are fairly far from each other. I'll have to look into this.

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