JBJ HQI 28G VS Red sea max 34G

[bauder1986]

Originally Posted by Snaz

Heaters only come on when needed so either the heater was not set correctly and was in fact was heating your tank above 80 or something else is raising the temp up and your incorrectly blaming the heater. Turning off the heater will only cause the temps to drop too far overnight or when the tank is at its coolest.

You should continue to use the heater and make sure it is working correctly by coming on and maintaining the temps when it drops below 78 or 77.

I have to agree with Snazz here, my small 10 gal nano setup heats up to 79 MAX with the MH on it and room temp over 25 C. But I have to keep my heater on at a minumin temp of 77 F other wise my tank is going down to 67 F over night!!! Yikes!!!

Anyways, if your room temp is high, your tank temp can be pretty high too, heaters only turn on once they hit the minumin temp set.