Best Aquarium heater

[chorn74]

I know that everyone has different opinions on what works best for them but, I am starting a 58 Gal reef tank. What is the best heater on the market? I am thinking about (2) 150 watt visa-therm deluxe heaters placed horizonal in the bottom of my sump. What do you all have, and what do you recommend?

Thanks. :?

 

[Dude]

I think u can't go wrong with the vitatherm brand heater. they are great, reliable & not very expensive.

 

[cdeakle]

I have and like the WON Titanium heater, pretty darn good heater so far....

 

[Anonymous]

I had a WON titanium go south on me a couple months back.. - Just stopped heating for some reason. - Thankfully better than getting stuck on, but still not good to have happen in the middle of a Michigan winter..

I'd try another one though.. Mine was probably under-rated, I think it was a 50w in my 30g + 10g sump...

Could take it apart and fix it probably but not sure its worth the time / effort..

 

[Baianotang]

The best one is the most expencive one in the store.
( I have heard of many, many tank wipe out stories due to cheap heaters.)

 

[Anonymous]

I recommend visatherm..ive used different ones (havent tried a titanium yet) but all my current tanks except the mantis tank have a visitherm..

 

[ChrisRD]

Over the years, I've used quite a few Visitherm and Ebo Jager heaters in my freshwater and saltwater tanks, as well as in tanks I've setup for others. I can't seem to recall ever having one fail. I have broken a few through clumsiness or during moves though...

In my reef tanks, I've also used a Won Titanium (not the digital - the regular version) and a Tronic. No problems there either (but only used one of each and only for about 2 years, so not much experience with those).

Nice thing about the titanium ones is you don't have to worry about breaking/cracking them...

FWIW...

 

[fishfanatic2]

I have both a visitherm and an ebo-jager, i like the visitherm a lot, it been running for 5 yrs and wrks great-the ebo-jager im not as impressed with, its been very shaky the last week. :?

 

[chorn74]

Thanks all for your great info! In the beginning I was tempted to get the WON heater but I saw some excellent reviews on the the visi-therm and i've read some customers comments on it and decided to get it (2) I put them on order tonight and should recive them in a couple days. Agian thank you all for your advice!

-john

 

[hillbilly]

I've got a bunch of older Ebo's, but I don't they have even turned on in a couple of months now with summer here.

 

[Anonymous]

I use won pro titaniums.

Over time I have been shocked twice, by two popular brands of "quality" glass heaters that cracked or otherwise somehow got water in them.

Having a bunch of electrical stuff surrounded by a glass bulb and submerged in water that I like to put my hands in is not a good idea to me anymore.

 

[ChrisRD]

Having a bunch of electrical stuff surrounded by a glass bulb and submerged in water that I like to put my hands in is not a good idea to me anymore.

LOL - I got a good laugh out of that... :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

I like the titanium heaters, for the above mentioned reasons. Due to reported unreliability of the wan thermostats, I put mine on a temp controller.

 

[JustReefIt14]

should i get a heater even though im thinking about 3 400 watters on a 180. or maybe a few fans? lol.

 

[Mihai]

should i get a heater even though im thinking about 3 400 watters on a 180. or maybe a few fans? lol.

For the night...? To avoid temperature swings.
M.