Nice, I like that it has an audible alarm. Not a bad price for peace of mind.I don't trust heaters at all.
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Nice, I like that it has an audible alarm. Not a bad price for peace of mind.I don't trust heaters at all.
https://www.amazon.com/Finnex-Tempe...pID=41SxzZIkcYL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
Nice, I like that it has an audible alarm. Not a bad price for peace of mind.
During feeding time I notice the tank was colder. I checked the temperature and it was hanging around 74.4. It was a little old to see that the coral frags I have were not as colorful and recessed. The Toadstool and GSP, that have great polyp extension, where retracted in their body. I had my two month old heater stop working. I took a gamble on only running one heater at the start of the tank. I was planning to add another heater sometime in the future. Those sometime in the future plans can bite you in the *** or never materialize. I threw in my heater from my water mixing station and went to Pet Co. I bought two 200 watt heaters and placed them in the sump. The tank got down to 74.2 on one thermometer and 73.8 on another. After about an hour the tank was climbing back up to 75.4.
I think that they should make a better heater that we can rely on with todays technology. I see and hear too many stories of heater failures. This is a good lesson for me on redundant life support. Someday a controller will be in works.
Tank at 74 degrees pic...
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Sounds good... I'll check that out too. Good advice, thanks.I am using the Ink Bird ITC-308 Temperature Controller with two Cobalt 150 Watt heaters on a JBJ 45 Gallon. I have the controller at 79*F and the heaters at 82*F similar to @Fudsey. Usually on heaters the thermostats fail in my experience. In my setup, the heaters should never even use their thermostats.
Funny, a few reefers scoffed at this setup and your story is a great example of why I use it.
Sounds good... I'll check that out too. Good advice, thanks.
Yes true, I would just like to get back to 79*F +/- 1*F again. The Aqueon 200w preset heater to 78*F are just temporary and are just hanging on. They will be replaced and moved to salt mixing and QT tasks. My Daughter also wants to upgrade her freshwater tank, so one will be tasked for that.But 77 isn't all that bad. Any lower and I'd be concerned but I usually keep mine at 78-79
Another annoying thing is now I have three temperature sensors and a thermometer that all read differently. Really don't know which one to trust.