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03-20-2008, 07:12 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
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 |  heater broke
came home to find out my heater broke, any suggestions on a good one to replace it with. It is for a 40 gallon , with a sump, also suggestions on size of heater | 
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03-20-2008, 07:14 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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Get a titanium one........ _________  | |
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03-20-2008, 07:14 PM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
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Avoid Won Bros also..... | |
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03-20-2008, 07:14 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Sep 2007
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that's what I had that broke | |
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03-20-2008, 07:18 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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I use this type of heater: Aquarium Heaters: Visi-Therm Stealth Heater
I had a glass heater bust on me a few years ago and can never trust another like that again. I have the 200w version and it's been great so far! Best of luck to you! My only advise is don't go with glass, if it breaks it's bad news.
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75g Soon to be Reef, Born 01-22-2008,
2 - 250w 14000k South Pacific Sunlight Metal Halides,
2 - 110w VHO Super Actinics,
ASM G-1 In-Sump Protein Skimmer,
200w Heater, 80lb Base Rock w/10lb Live Rock,
80lb Sand, 30lb Live Sand, 29g DIY Sump, Fuge.
Fish:
(1) Yellow-tail Damsel
(1) Six Line Wrasse
Clean Up Crew:
(16) Blue-legged Hermits
(5) Scarlet Crabs
(1) Emerald Crab
(20) Astrea Snails
(10) Trochus Snails
(10) Cerith Snails
(5) Nassarius Snails (sm)
(5) Nassarius Snails (lg)
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03-20-2008, 07:46 PM
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| | Plankton
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have those in some freshwater tanks, they work fairly well, only wish there was some kind of indicator light | |
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03-20-2008, 11:59 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Originally Posted by aquaboy  Get a titanium one........ |
Whatever you get, get it fast.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (Davis Family Reef Aquarium - Home Page/Reef Log) (Best Photos of 2008!) | 
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03-21-2008, 09:58 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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Just 3 months ago, I had a 6 yr old 300 watt (Profile or Pro Fin? whatever Petco used to sell way back then) heater explode/burst/flash right in front of my face (no cover on the tank at the time) just before I was about to put my hand in the tank. I guess I came really close to being electrocuted that time. None of the fish in the tank seemed effected, and the heater was on a GFI outlet. Don't get one of those either, or if you do, throw it away at least every 4-5 years to be safe. Good luck and stay safe. _________  | |
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03-21-2008, 11:32 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Originally Posted by Grotto I use this type of heater: Aquarium Heaters: Visi-Therm Stealth Heater
I had a glass heater bust on me a few years ago and can never trust another like that again. I have the 200w version and it's been great so far! Best of luck to you! My only advise is don't go with glass, if it breaks it's bad news. |
I use the same kind. I've had mine almost 2 years........
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 australian black perc clown ,1 porcelain crab, , 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, neon grn bali slimer acro, purple acro, millipora's, feather duster, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | |
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03-21-2008, 11:50 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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i agree, this is a good heater, 5w/gal is recommended Aquarium Heaters: Visi-Therm Stealth Heater
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