HEATER FAILED AGIAN! Any brand/style recommendations?

[Clown]

Well this is the second heater that has now failed on me cooking my tank,
I had woke up this morning noticing that my BTA had moved being in a rush to get to work i didn't check anything on the tank
once i got home i checked it out and the nem wasn't looking so good (as if its insides were coming out its mouth) So after cooling down the tank (+35)
I had read a little bit on it and had learned that it can still be saved so i poped it in the 75 gal and its looking much better now
i placed it ontop of the rock and it moved under a rock its fully open but hiding under a ledge not really any light or flow there any ideas?
ANYWAYS
so this is my second heater failing taking out some of my live stock any suggestions on a style/brand that was worked well for you?

[bv_reefer]

i have 2 ebo-jagers, one on my cichlid tank and one on my reef tank, and i must say that I've never had a problem with those heaters since day one. durable accurate and not too pricy imo-

and assuming you set it correctly it holds a steady temperature, i came home from a 10-day vacation, to find an inch of evaporation and still a solid temperature of 27 degrees celc.

[Jeff_]

I second the ebo jagers. Theyve been running pretty good for me in the past 6 months. The only problem that Ive had is the suction cups failing but that can be fixed easily. Other that its been very accurate.

[bv_reefer]

sorry thats one thing i forgot to mention, the suction cups are really annoying to adjust to the glass, and assuming you do not break the heater while attaching the suction cups it should serve you a long time...

[Clown]

i didn't find any thing for that exactly only by the name of Jager
http://www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/...rheater250watt
This the same brand?

[justinl]

yeah it's the same thing. here's my vote for the mick jager heaters. Ive used a few visitherm stealth heaters as well and they've been great for me too.

[untamed]

Never depend on suction cups. Never. Eventually, they will let you down.

Assume that your heater thermostats will eventually fail. Limit your risk by using 2 or more (undersized) heaters. It is extremely unlikely that they will all fail at the same time and failure in one won't be enough to kill your tank.

[Mik_101]

Originally Posted by bv_reefer

i have 2 ebo-jagers, one on my cichlid tank and one on my reef tank, and i must say that I've never had a problem with those heaters since day one. durable accurate and not too pricy imo-

and assuming you set it correctly it holds a steady temperature, i came home from a 10-day vacation, to find an inch of evaporation and still a solid temperature of 27 degrees celc.

dont you have a elite on your cichlid tank?

[Clown]

Originally Posted by untamed

Never depend on suction cups. Never. Eventually, they will let you down.

Assume that your heater thermostats will eventually fail. Limit your risk by using 2 or more (undersized) heaters. It is extremely unlikely that they will all fail at the same time and failure in one won't be enough to kill your tank.

Okay i have a 58 gallon right now (Including sump)
And im moving to a 85(Including sump)
In a few weeks so what wattage of heats and how many?
Im really sick of loosing fish and corals because my heater screwed up...

[bv_reefer]

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...category_ID=33

yup thats the one, runs like a charm, i have a 150-watt ebo-jager on my 33 gallon, so i'm thinking a 250-watt for you would do it, it says that 250-watts are for tanks up to 90 gallons so ya-