Most reliable heaters

I've used two Won Brother's Pro Heat Titanium heaters, and I have mixed results. The first one I bought is still in use today,but is missing one suction cup, and the other is all but useless. It has been in use for over 2 years, and at about 1 1/2 years the suction cups started becomeing so easy to lose suction that I had to just prop it up off the gravel against rocks. Then one of the suction cups became so stretched out (the rubber banding holding onto the heater tube) that it snapped. I don't even bother trying to stick the other one to the wall anymore. It just doesn't work for more than maybe a few hours. The temp has worked great on this heater for it's life so far. My second one I ordered was leaking current into the tank, and I could feel a jolt when I'd prune my plants. Pretty scary, since it could have been much worse! :eek:

Since these two failures I have been purchasing Visitherm Heaters and have been very happy. It's easy to read. The suction cups have much more power/durability. And the suction cup holder is a bracket that firmly holds the heater in place. The temps also have been at least as good as my titanium heaters. I now own three of these!
 
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Hi all,

Ive been lurking here for the past few weeks in preperation for the (used) 72G Bowfront that I just acquired tonight. While going through the bags of equipment I found a 100W TRONIC glass heater. So with that I have a couple of questions.

1. What size heater should I use for a 72G tank, assuming a FW community tank.
2. Is there a benifit to using a "suction cupped onto glass" heater verses a external heater? I would like to use a external if possible for less clutter.
3. Assuming that I should use the TRONIC. I noticed some white flaky gunk where the wire enters the heater, should I be concerned about this?
4. I have no manual for it and it does not say submergable or not. Are all of them submergable?

Thanks for all the info that you all provided thus far while I was lurking. I look forward to being a part of your community.
 
1. A general rule is 3-5w per galllon, so for a 72 it would be 200-300 watts depending on how high the temp needs to be.
2. Suction cupped heaterscan be better than external heaters since they can be placed lower in the tank so then if a water change is done, the heater wont get burned out. But if this is done then you should watch the water level while water is being drained from the tank.
3. Ive been wondering what the gunk on my tank and heater is too. Most likely its just dirt.
 
Thanks NikkO,

Ive been doing some research here and it seems that if there is no flow thru the heater (in this case a Hydor External Inline Heater) it shuts off the heater. So I think I am going to try my luck with the 300W version.
 
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