corrado007
Active Member
I'm curious what brand of heater everyone prefers and I couldn't find a poll on this topic yet. I am trying to decide on a 100W heater for a JBJ 28 gal LED Nano Cube that I will be setting up shortly.
I have done quite a bit of research and have found that some suggest there is no need for a heater at all but with LED lighting and cool California winters I plan to get one just in case.
I've also read of suggestions to use 2 smaller heaters rather than 1 standard size one for redundancy sake.
Another huge point that seems to be agreed upon is the need for a heater controller as no heater can be trusted to be accurate and reliable (I'll be hooking mine up to my Aqua Controller Jr.).
I've read that titanium heaters are the most durable, glass may crack or break but can be fine, and Stealth plastic heaters are good but have a reputation for exploding although that may have just been a bad batch or something that happens to all heaters but it's heard about more with stealth due to their really high number of units sold.
As far as I can tell from Marine Depot and AquaCave reviews, the Jager glass heater(although better when it was the older green model) and the ViaAqua titanium heaters are some of the more popular and higher rated units.
So, please share your favorite brand of heater, experiences, words of wisdom, etc...
Thanks.
I have done quite a bit of research and have found that some suggest there is no need for a heater at all but with LED lighting and cool California winters I plan to get one just in case.
I've also read of suggestions to use 2 smaller heaters rather than 1 standard size one for redundancy sake.
Another huge point that seems to be agreed upon is the need for a heater controller as no heater can be trusted to be accurate and reliable (I'll be hooking mine up to my Aqua Controller Jr.).
I've read that titanium heaters are the most durable, glass may crack or break but can be fine, and Stealth plastic heaters are good but have a reputation for exploding although that may have just been a bad batch or something that happens to all heaters but it's heard about more with stealth due to their really high number of units sold.
As far as I can tell from Marine Depot and AquaCave reviews, the Jager glass heater(although better when it was the older green model) and the ViaAqua titanium heaters are some of the more popular and higher rated units.
So, please share your favorite brand of heater, experiences, words of wisdom, etc...
Thanks.