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need to buy new heater -- help with which one

Post by bookpage » Tue May 18, 2010 12:23 am

I want to buy a new heater for my 75 gallon aquarium. Will 300W do the job?

I am looking at one of these:

Fluval LCD Electronic E 300 Watt or Finnex with Digital Controller

Has anyone ever used one of these? Can someone give me pros and cons on which brand to buy?

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Post by plaalye » Tue May 18, 2010 1:34 am

I don't have a brand to recommend. I was a Stealth fan but the new ones are having problems, read my exploding heater thread if you haven't already. I initially tried a single 250 watt in my 75g but it wouldn't keep the temp up, so I added a second 250w. One at each end keeps the temp even and in the end I think it's a bit of insurance having 2.
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Post by NancyD » Tue May 18, 2010 2:36 pm

I think my next kind will be jaegers, I too used to be a stealth, visitherm fan
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue May 18, 2010 7:01 pm

Jaeger every time.

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Post by bookpage » Tue May 18, 2010 8:49 pm

Thank you, everyone, for your input. This time around (with aquariums), for two years I have been using Rena Smart heaters because I have been using Rena XP3 filters.

But, I'm not happy with the one in my 75 gallon and wanted to replace it with a heater that had a LCD read-out of the temperature and found these two brands.
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Post by NancyD » Wed May 19, 2010 6:05 pm

My lfs said he's been getting lots of returns on Renas & Stealth/Visitherms lately
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Post by bigpow » Wed May 19, 2010 10:19 pm

Ebo-J was my fav.
Hydor Eth is my new fav.
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