Heater preferences

enrique4jc

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Mar 30, 2015

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The VisiTherm in my 29gal community has stopped working. Red light comes on but it is not heating. Put in a small heater to try to keep the temp up for now, but I'm going to order a new one today. Any suggestions apart from the VisiTherm? Who is making quality these days?

 

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I haven't had any issues with my Aqueon and Aqueon Pro heaters. Some of the cheap Marineland ones I have can stick on/off. German made Sera heaters are also highly regarded. They are nice because of their small footprint compared to others.

 

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Won't be of much help to you this time but I buy a bunch of the cheapy Chinese Ebay stainless steel ones in all different sizes. They're surprisingly good but if you like expensive stuff better it's still good to have a bunch of spares ready for any failures.

 

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Currently using Marineland's Precision heater now. Works as it should and is very easy to read and adjust the temp dial up top.

 

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I have heard good things about eheim jager heaters.

 

enrique4jc

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Thanks guys.

 

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Visitherms and Jaegers.

 

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eheim jager

 

Slappy*McFish

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I've had 3 Eheim Jager Trutemp heaters fail on me within 6 months to a year of purchasing them. The temp dials were not accurate at all (not even close) and the calibration feature was a bust. This is just my personal experience with them. The heating elements eventually quit working on all 3 leading to the thermostat and light remaining constantly on without the heaters producing any heat.

 

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Last week, I picked up a spare Maineland 100w heater from DFS for ~$16 on sale.