with planning my move over from my 110 to a 240 gallon, im assuming I prob need to replace the Eheim heater I've been running for the last 5-7 years. I keep going back and forth between what size and if I should run dual heaters. I do have the eheim on an ink bird and its been doing great but with the expanded size and the age of that heater; thought I would get a read of what everyone runs or what I SHOULD. its heavily planted and will be running 1 fx6 -most likely adding a second. thoughts?
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New Heater reccomendations?
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I've been using the Chihiros Pro inline heaters, they are absolutely amazing heaters.
Hi,
I am using the new eheim thermocontrol+ e. You can connect the heater to your smartphone and get some beneficial settings. It has realy good quality glas and works fine. Only problem is you need wlan for the settings and it is a bit pricy.
I am using the new eheim thermocontrol+ e. You can connect the heater to your smartphone and get some beneficial settings. It has realy good quality glas and works fine. Only problem is you need wlan for the settings and it is a bit pricy.
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Rule of thumb for heaters is 2.5 to 5 watts per gallon, depending on how cold your room is 
Lifespan of a heater is 18 months to 3 years, so it may be time to let that one go before it fails on you.
A tank this big definitely requires multiple heaters, eheim 300s are fine or you can go with titanium heater elements that go up to 600 watts.
ALL heaters fail, definitely stay with the Inkbirds for cheap insurance
Lifespan of a heater is 18 months to 3 years, so it may be time to let that one go before it fails on you.
A tank this big definitely requires multiple heaters, eheim 300s are fine or you can go with titanium heater elements that go up to 600 watts.
ALL heaters fail, definitely stay with the Inkbirds for cheap insurance
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