Help Me

[Dobber]

my ph is about 8.4 what do you think high enough i mean they really look terrible they look like hairs compared to wat they were when i got them

[Pescador]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

What?
you can definitely use them without a controller.
I have 2 and one stays on day and night and the other clicks on when my lights click off, no controller and my temp is 80-81 degrees steady as a rock since inception.

To say you need a controller is misinformation and incorrect.
FYI.

If you look at the grade of heaters in the link and the wattage you'll see they require a controller. You have 2 300-800 watt heaters in your tank that stay on with no temperature control?
You must live in a freezer.

[Joe Reefer]

What units are the 90 carbonate hardness in? If its in "american degrees of hardness" or mg/L then your alk is at about 1.8 meq/L or 5 dKH which is low and could be a problem.

[mseepman]

Tom,

If your temp dropped to 70, then your heaters are either not working or not set right. A big temp change like that has got to be hard on your fish too.

[Dobber]

figured out the heating problem the socket that the one heater was plugged into burnt out so that is now fixed and my temp is no longer a problem and yes the alkalinity is sitting at 90 mg/L let me remind you all that i am running

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