What heater are you using?

[daplatapus]

SO, what are ya'll using for heaters? I'll be needing more heat capability once I fire up 300 gallons of water and looking for input on heater brands. ANy thought's?

[marie]

I'm not using any heater on my 300g tank, I put glass lids on instead

[Myka]

Most of my heaters are Jager or Visitherm. Both have a good reputation in my tanks. All are glass tube heaters placed in the sumps.

[H2o2]

Aqueons so easy to set and a hard plastic outer tube and lifetime guarantee

[FishyFishy!]

I've been using nothing but Jagers, but one just spazzed out in my LR holding tank yesterday and stuck on. It was like a hot tub in there.

I'm honestly leaning towards the JBJ Truetemp 1000W for my new build. I think it would be nice to have the controller with a seperate probe (for those who don't have a reef controller).

Since they worked out their early temp probe issues, they seem to be doing well.

[daplatapus]

Thanks for all the input so far. I'm truly surprised not more people are running titanium heaters! When I had 2 Jager's crap out on me and stick on I bought what I could find locally and got 3 - 300W Aqua Heat Titanium heaters from a hydroponics/plant place. They have an external temp sensor and controller and I've been pleasantly surprised by their performance. Their actual calibration is a bit off (difference between actual water temp and the numbers on the dial), but I have a stand alone digital thermometer that I use to set their temp and it's worked really well.
I was hoping to get more feed back on Finnex and Blue line. I thought they were supposed to be decent heaters but so far only one person on here is running the Finnex. Hmmmm...
I like the idea of running several heaters that no one heater can cook the tank if it fails.

[daniella3d]

Aqueons as well in my main tank and titanium in my mantis tank. The thing that I really don't like about titaniums, at least the one I have, is that it is electronic and when the power goes out it resume the temperature of 79F always, not what it was set at before (77F). So when ever I unplug it it's changing the temperature. I had to put it on a controller to keep the temp at 77F.

Aqueons are shatter proof.

I am not so worried about cooking the tank if the heater gets stuck because I put them on an aquarium controller, I am more worried that the heater would shatter and electrocute everything in the tank, possibly me in the process, that's why I stay away from glass heaters.

Originally Posted by H2o2

Aqueons so easy to set and a hard plastic outer tube and lifetime guarantee

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

I was hoping to get more feed back on Finnex and Blue line. I thought they were supposed to be decent heaters but so far only one person on here is running the Finnex. Hmmmm...

I was looking at the Finnex titanium with controller as well. They look good, and are decent for the money. I just can't tell wether or not the controller comes with an external temp probe. If so, the only thing they are missing is a digital readout. Those knobs scare me.

From what I have read, the Finnex have reliability on their side.

[KrazyKuch]

i run 2x300watt ebo jager heaters and 1 800 watt jalli titanium heater on my 500G

[Spyd]

I run 3 x 250w Jager heaters on my 180G all running through my controller.

One of the nicest units I have seen are these:

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/cobalt...le-heater.html

Lots of added safety protection on the units but you pay for it. No worry about glass breaking or being stuck in the on position.