Ready for a winter wonderland: Other than heaters, have you prepared your tank for winter?

[vlangel]

I am a western PA reefer and have heaters in year round. My heaters are in the sump that is in our basement which is cold in the summer due to the AC.

 

[zaynereefco]

Way overkill for a 15 gallon tank. I have a 25 gallon with 100watt heater and it heats up just fine.
I find if you have a knob on the heater set to 80 it might not heat to 80. I think mine is set to 84f on the heater to get to 78f. I also use an inkbird controller as a backup to the heater.

Yeah, small typo. It’s a 5 gallon with a 100w
I ended up Running two heaters, because the water ended up going down to almost 70- 72 on a jawbreaker dominate tank

 

[Azael]

I just added the heater when the temperature dropped. And that was all.

 

[Floyd-]

Yeah, small typo. It’s a 5 gallon with a 100w
I ended up Running two heaters, because the water ended up going down to almost 70- 72 on a jawbreaker dominate tank

100watts in a tiny 5 gallon is way overkill. I have the same heater in my 25g and it keeps my tank at 78f very easy. House temp at 69f

 

[zaynereefco]

100watts in a tiny 5 gallon is way overkill. I have the same heater in my 25g and it keeps my tank at 78f very easy. House temp at 69f

My apartment temperature gets to about 45-55

 

[Floyd-]

My apartment temperature gets to about 45-55

45-55f is too cold for me in the house!

 

[dank.reefer]

My apartment temperature gets to about 45-55

holy cow, are you a polar bear? I thought I liked it cold. I keep my house like 60-65 all year. It makes it easy to keep the tank temps stable. I run dual 100w heaters on a controler year round.

 

[Hugo_Fish]

We live in an upstairs apartment .. as such the cat's litter boxes are outside on the deck because I'm allergic and 3 cats smell -.- ... so we have to leave the living room door open a little so the cats can do their thing... I currently have 3 heaters in my tank and the healers turn on at 75.5 and off at 78.. until we move to somewhere bigger it has to be like this during the winter. I kind of wish I went with a bigger tank so I can have a sump.. as it's crowded in my AIO currently. already planning for the next tank.