We Like it Cold - But Tropical Fish Do Not

[TheIrishJedi]

My roommates and I like it to be cold in our apartment during the summer. We like to wear sweaters and whatnot while we're in here so we run the A/C pretty hard.

Right now, it is a really cold night and my windows are open. The light on my submersible heater comes on every 10-20 minutes to heat the tank back up. The water is always back up to 78 degrees within a couple minutes. The water never goes below 76. There is condensation on the inside of my tank just above the water line.

Do you think I should get an extra heater or do you think it will be fine?

[7itanium]

an extra heater will help.. and will acctually be more energy efficient because it will heat more thouroughly

but.. it will be fine if you choose to keep it at 1 heater as well

[goldfish247]

an extra heater will help.. and will acctually be more energy efficient because it will heat more thouroughly

but.. it will be fine if you choose to keep it at 1 heater as well
:iagree:

[TheIrishJedi]

Thank you! :)

[ChrisK]

An extra will help also just in case one goes bad you'll have backup :)

[JustPlainJef]

If you were buying new and you wanted a 200W heater for a 55, would you go with 2x 200W or 2x 150W or 2x100W if you wanted two heaters?

[Fishy_Fun]

2X100W would be good, that way if one breaks you aren't left without a heater

[JustPlainJef]

OK. I wasn't sure that if you split them if you should bump up the total wattage a little, like a pair of 150's to cover for a single 200...