Heaters

Any suggestions on a good heater for apx. 90 gallon SW system.

I am tired of buying crappy heaters....

Any one had good luck with a specific brand and model?

Thanks

 

As long as you are getting new one...make sure it is the "titanium type" and not the in-the-water glass ones.

Many different ones to buy out there...depends on how much you want to spend...:-/

 

They are all rubbish as far as I'm concerned. The best thing to buy is a controller, these have there own thermometer and you set your desired temperature. When the temperature drops the controller turns on your heater. The nice thing is that some also have fail safe features so your heaters dont stay on, in fact if a heater goes wrong then they usually stay on rather than switching themselves off!

 

I am using the new Rena(Aquarium Pharmaceuticals). It is shatter proof, triple sealed black plastic. It has a single flashing light if the water is too cold, or a double flashing light if it is too hot. I use the 300 W for my 72. Here is a link for this product.
Heaters - Rena SmartHeaters & Rena Cal Excel Aquarium Heaters from Aquarium Pharmaceuticals

 

Rubbish --- most good quality heaters today to exactly the same thing. ;D

 

Rubbish --- most good quality heaters today to exactly the same thing. ;D

 

Stay away from glass heaters, far far far away! I had one malfunction and turn a 110g stock tank into a big bowl of soup. It apparently boiled the water til it exposed the heater then the heater shattered frying anything that was left.

 

check out the fish cue titanium heaters i have tried the finnex heaters they are junk they were +/- 10 degrees. then i tried the fish cue and it is only +/- 1 degree. and they are pretty cheap.

 

Just my opinion ;D

I would rather rely on a high quality probe that also has fail safe features than those that are built into todays heaters. If the worst should happen and the thermostat fails then everything will boil, whereas having something else to maintain the temperature which also safe guards against such failures surely is a good thing. I know no system is full proof but I think I would prefer the extra security, especially as I've had a heater fail on me before!

 

We use a controller too. We've had two titanium heaters fail on us so no more relying on them for us!