heater

i saw these in-line heaters @ a lfs. their called hydor eth 200/300. http://www.hydor.it/index_en.htm if their any good, i was planning on using two 300 for my 100. any ideas?


phil

 

Phil thanks for posting this...

That's too cool! Inline heaters!

Never seen them before, so I take it you are running canister filters?

 

No ,I don't. As a matter of fact I'm in the process of getting the pieces of equipment for my 100 gal that I got last year (just been sitting in my living-room empty, lack of $$$, if you know what I mean. [smiley=wink3.gif]) Anyway, my brother-in-law gave me a brand new ecosystems sump for networking his house. [smiley=grin2.gif] I saw these and began thinking about the pros and cons. I don't know of a better way to learn than to throw it out there and see what my fellow reefers think.

 

Heh. I know the money thing all too well. I've had an empty 75 throwing insults at me, but my little hex keeps me occupied for now.

The Ecosystems are pretty neat and the things I read from people that actually had them were very positive. It's my understanding that you are supposed to replace some of the mud now and then.. (every 6 months?) But anyway, like I said, people who have them seem to like them. Although there are plenty of skeptics. Personally if I was given one, I'd try it out, but I am sure I'd still use a skimmer.

Anyway, back to the heaters.. this is about the heater right? ;D Why get the inline one? It's cool and all, but if you have a sump, you could probably fit an Ebo-Jager (submersible) or the like in it. Most likely that would be cheaper than these cool inline heaters.

 

Truthfully I don't know. Maybe to avoid getting hot spots in the sump. Also I wouldn't have to worry about the the caulerpa wrapping around the heater. :-/ Just an idea but a neat idea non-the-less.


phil

 

My only thought is just the sheer speed the water would be moving thru it, would it really have enough contact time to heat the water and how long the heater would run to keep the temp stable.

 

The speed would be controllable with a ball valve. The trick would be in coming up with the right amount of flow.


phil

 

let me tell you guys a horror story or 2 about heaters. i work at a lfs and have for about 17 years(thats right we have been all marine for that long) about 10 years ago we were running wet dri filters on every 2 tanks, we kept the heaters in the sump, well 1 of the heaters blew up and took out the sump with it, it blew the whole side out of the tank very scary stuff. also on my personal tank about 2 years ago the circuit breaker in my living room kept on blowing out, not all the time but every 1 or 2 days or so. i looked under the tank and under the canopy thinking it must be the lights.well as i was checking in the sump for various things like pumps and what not i started pulling on various cords, 1 cord i pulled on seemed very light, when i pulled it out, pieces of my heater came out with it. it fell apart in my sump and every time the heater came on it would blow the breaker. well that was enough for me, i went that night( i have a key to the place) and got 1 of our new expensive jalli titanium heaters and i have never looked back. after years of heaters leaking, blowing up,sticking and cooking tanks, and so on i will never ever have another glass heater again, we still sell them for people that want them as they are less expensive than the titanium ones, but i warn every customer of their dangers.

 

Titainium heaters are great. Just make sure you give them time to adjust to the tempurature when first putting them in and let them cool well before taking them out.