Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Heater Reviews

Fluval E Series Heaters


digital thermometer and digital heater in one package

They also come with a side bracket that in my case was very useful for mounting on the side but turning the heater so they face towards the back of the tank for easy reading.


















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Hydor ETH Inline Heater


Advantages:

temperature hasnt fluctuated one degree in 7 months.
a step up and more modern

















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Ebo-Jager brand of heaters

advantage:

 eeping my tank at a solid 78.9 degrees
solid temp
Keeps the temperature consistant. 
one for well over 10 years
had a 75 watt one for over 10 years and it just stopped working this year.

disadvantage:

rather large. 


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  Tank Size     Watts     Length  
  10-15 gal.   50w 9"
  15-20 gal.   75w 10"
  20-30 gal.   100w 12"
  30-45 gal.   125w 12"
  40-60 gal.   150w 13"
  60-90 gal.   200w 15"
  >90 gal.   250w 17"

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