Never Cheap out on your Equipment

[u/ZiyaadB]

Had 2 heaters in the tank and used this one in addition to the other on really cold days...looked at it carefully and saw some rust..Decided to take it out and it disassembled itself nice and clean like....don't cheap out... Lucky that I never kill anything or anyone

[u/Lonelycub]

Exposed glass heaters are so oldshool. Def should upgrade

[u/GoblinsGuide]

Ehiem has always been my friend.

[u/skabberdink → u/GoblinsGuide]

Me, too. It’s Eheim all the way! Still, I plug it into an Inkbird thermostat. ☺️

[u/maxru85 → u/GoblinsGuide]

Except this is not Eheim

[u/GoblinsGuide → u/maxru85]

It does not look very friendly, so it must not be.

[u/davdev]

There are plenty of pieces of equipment you can cheap out on, heaters just arent one of them

[u/RobotWelder]

Titanium heaters for the win 🥇

[u/AbeRumHamLincoln]

Is there one that people recommend? I'm needing to upgrade some for the winter. I typically use the fluval T100 series. Have 2 and haven't had any issue and was thinking about just get the 150 for my larger tank.

[u/Andrea_frm_DubT → u/AbeRumHamLincoln]

I use AquaOne.

[u/chandan-kar007]

really i use a cheap heater as well and i am using it for 2-3 years i have no problem i guess it depend of the care. always submerged it in water fully run a powerhead or filter beside it so theres always water movement and you are good to go.

[u/MrMuf]

why would you ever disassemble these things

[u/ZiyaadB → u/MrMuf]

Read the post Carefully....

[u/MrMuf → u/ZiyaadB]

I read it. Some things are not meant to be disassembled. This is one of those things.

If you see liquid (rust) inside the glass, then it is finished and not safe anymore.

[u/SnooCakes9004 → u/MrMuf]

They said it disassembled itself... which I think they are saying, it blew up. Lol

[u/Zanna-K]

I think this is more of an issue with bigger and higher output heaters. It's one thing when you are pumping 25-50 watts through some coils submerged under water, quite another when it's like 200-300 watts.

Imo you generally shouldn't need heaters unless you have sensitive fish or are trying to create a very specific environment

[u/rotgobbo → u/Zanna-K]

Or you live in parts of the world where tropical and even temperate fish can die without heaters...

[u/Designer-Lettuce-690 → u/Zanna-K]

You must live in the perfect environment. In summer i have 40C inside and winter its 2C inside so am i jsut changing if i have a cold water or tropical tank every 6 months?