Heater Reviews

bradlgt21

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I tried searching and didn't really find any well structured reviews on Heaters so I figured I would start. Everyone please add your heaters and Reviews. I will start.

Fluval E Series Heater

I have a 100 watt one in my 29 gallon tank. They come with a huge list of features and are supposed to be the most advanced heater available. They have a digital thermometer LCD display on the front which is nice. It does both C and F. Set's to a half a degree really easy by holding down the switch on the top. It shows green when in the right range of the temp set. Red when it's to hot and blue when it's to cold. The heater is inside a plastic housing which allows fish to stick to it, clean it and not be hurt when it turns on. Really nice heater, high price tag but you get what you pay for. My only negative comment is they don't rate very accurate on tank size. Mine says up to 30 gallons and in my 29 it has a hard time in the winter, I am typically 5 degrees below the set temp and I rarely see it go in the green. But I am sure if you go to the next step up the heater would handle the tank size fine.
 
Aquaclear Glass Heaters

I use a few of these guys and while they seam fragile they haven't broken on me yet. They do a good job though at maintaining the temp. Takes a while when new to set and get dialed in but once they are they are consistant and good. No special features built into any of mine but they do what you buy them for.
 
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