Reef Tank Heater Placement

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Reef tank heater placement. Tagged users none dec 26 2017 1 xclusive reef valuable member view badges. How many watts heater to use for reef tank. I would not personally run a single heater of that magnitude. In your home aquarium the best location for placing a heater is near the maximum water flow such as the outlet or inlet from the filter or in the stream of a powerhead.

Right now it is in the fuge area but i d rather have it in the return chamber. Start date dec 26 2017. The best saltwater aquarium heater would be the one that never fails. Now that i think about it you don t want.

Having water flowing directly past the heater is what quickly and evenly disperses heated water throughout the tank. Heater reef now what stuck 87. Actually yes i think it matters. Also even the best saltwater aquarium heater is a failure prone device.

Heater reef now what stuck 87. Unfortunately when one fails it won t be long before your tank is either cooked or a popsicle. The heater is not all that major a component any longer as the temp of reef tanks is usually pretty high anyway especially during the day but the heater may be needed during the. What size heater for 55 gallon reef tank.

I just setup the eshopps r 100 but not so sure the optimal placement for my heater. Heater placement in sump. Thread starter xclusive reef. What is the best placement of powerheads.

What is the best placement of powerheads. So in your case three in the 300 500 range. Faaar better to calculate your peak wattage requirement divide by two and run three heaters of that wattage. Heaters are relatively inexpensive and simple devices.

That s obviously not possible.