Help - Heater Broken

[Amba]

I used to fish at Cayouga lake with my grandpa before he passed. He taught me a lot of stuff, I still remember catching my first "picture taker" fish, a big ass northern pike. Was one of the proudest days of my life =D

And we are no smarter than anybody else, we just apply knowledge in a different way :)

Engineers are actually quite simple, they are fascinated with the simplest everyday devices that most people take for granted!

 

[fastrd400]

Sorry to break up the Geek Fest, but why on earth are you running your tank temp so high? Good God, I'd shit a brick if my tank temp went over 79 and/or below 75.

 

[Waddi]

Good God, I'd shit a brick if my tank temp went over 79 and/or below 75.

Ouch..... Stinger! :yikesu:

tehehehe

 

[fastrd400]

LOL, just saying, 83 seems aweful high

 

[Amba]

LFS said 79+/- 5 degrees. So it goes down a few at night and up a few during the day. Should I take it down 3 degrees?

 

[Juiced19]

What kind of heaters did you buy? I tried buying cheap 25 dollar heaters and they didn't last. I ended up buying a hydro 300 watt heater for my 55 gallon and it seems to work fine. Maybe i should be on the safe side and buy a second Heater. never thought about that lol

 

[Amba]

I don't know what kind they were I just picked them up in a pinch because I am getting a really nice one when I get my sump in.

 

[parrotchute]

If you want to really be able to sleep at night, get a 2-stage ranco controller. It has a probe and two outlets. Put the temp probe in the tank, and the outlets to two heaters. Set one to 78 and one to 80. That way if a heater fails and sticks "on", the controller will just remove power to it. If one heater fails, the other will pick up the load.

Once in a while you can check to make sure they both work by swapping outlets between heaters and seeing if your tank is staying at 78 or 80.

 

[Amba]

That sounds perfect I will check them out.