Heater Placement with Eclipse II

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TetraFreak

Church of the Freshwater Aquarium!
Dec 14, 2005
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Howdy folks!

I'm curious about heater placement.

I have a Tall 25 with Eclipse II system and was wondering if my heater placement is the most effective.

I have the heater near the filter intake tube, so warm water rises, gets filtered, then flows back out into the tank. I've had it this way for the 5+ years this tank has been going and it seems to be doing a good job with keeping the temp constant throughout the whole tank. Also, it seems that the warm water flowing through the biowheel is helping the bacteria grow as well.

my plants are thriving and my collection of tetras are happy so should I leave it as is or face the ugliness of having the heater at the filter output and the power cord running across the back of the tank?


Opinions?


-TF
 
I say if it's not broke, don't fix it. It seems to be working well for you so in my opinion it should be fine. As long as it maintains a rather constant temp throughout the tank it should be fine.
 
The heat from the heater will generate convection currents evenly distributing the heat throughout the tank regardless of where you put it. Keeping it in a high flow area just speeds up this process. I would not worry too much about it. A healthy tank for 5 years is a great achievement and should speak that you have been doing things right.
 
I think that may be one of the benefits of the Eclipse & their high flow pumps.

The flow better circulates the warm water! :thm:

I love the eclipse! sooo easy to maintain! :clap:
 
TetraFreak said:
I think that may be one of the benefits of the Eclipse & their high flow pumps.

The flow better circulates the warm water! :thm:

I love the eclipse! sooo easy to maintain! :clap:
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This is all so good to hear, the ECLIPSE 29 gal. combo is going to be my christmas present this year!!! :) :)

BTW, What size/brand heater would be best for that system?
 
I run a 150w visitherm on my 29 gallon. I love how they calibrate their heaters using the ice point method causing the heaters to be accurate within 1* F. I have yet to have a problem with this heater and it keeps the water temperature very stable (I've actually never seen any fluctuation in the temperature of my tank's water).
 
rrkss said:
I run a 150w visitherm on my 29 gallon. I love how they calibrate their heaters using the ice point method causing the heaters to be accurate within 1* F. I have yet to have a problem with this heater and it keeps the water temperature very stable (I've actually never seen any fluctuation in the temperature of my tank's water).
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Good to know, Thanks :)
 
It's been so long since I set my tank up, I can't remember what heater I have. But it works great! :laugh:
 
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