best heating system for largish tank??

[KANE]

anyone any ideas on the best heating system for a largish tank??
have seen a stainless 1000w weipro heater in my local lfs, but not heard anything about them....
anyone any ideas??

I am hoping to run an aquatronica ...eventually if my tank build/rebuild doesnt bankrupt me first!:rolleyes:

[pavlo]

I have a pair of 300w heaters on my largish (1300 litre) tank and they manage fine

[Reef bloke]

Im only running 300 watter on my 1000 ish litre tank,might have to bump it up to another 200 watt come winter.
Dont go to mad with a heater mate as if it sticks on..........
Better to go for two smaller ones.

[KeithM]

depends on how large your tank is... titanium heat exchangers for very large tanks... or schego titanium heaters for smaller tanks

[KANE]

yeah - I always tend to run 2 smaller heaters, but just saw this big one with electronic controller and got all tempted..:rolleyes:

[Tony B]

anyone any ideas on the best heating system for a largish tank??
have seen a stainless 1000w weipro heater in my local lfs, but not heard anything about them....
anyone any ideas??

I am hoping to run an aquatronica ...eventually if my tank build/rebuild doesnt bankrupt me first!:rolleyes:

IMO, I've had numerous weirpro products and even though a friend of mine imports these (so I should be bias and say "they're great") thy're not. Avoid!

[Glenn@home]

FWIW

I dont think i have ever seen a post from someone complaining their tank is too cold or they have problems maintaining temp.

Personally i would spend as little as practical on heating.

I used 300w for a 750 litre system and i dont recall it ever being on apart from when i first filled the tank.

I would recommend two smaller units simply because if they do come on and one fails it will take a lot longer to boil the tank.

JMHO

Glenn

[scooby_rex]

if the aquatronica takes care of the external thrermostat you could go for a pair of 500w schego titniums without inbuilt thermostats.

depeds how much you trust the aquatronica.

or go for a pair of glass vistherms largest 300w, but dont EVER rely on the inbuilt thermostats.

[uda]

Unless it's HUGE I would go for multiple 300 watt heaters all on an external 'stat. Visitherms are the ones we use, just set their internal 'stat a bit high.

The Aquatronica would do a good job, if the load is too high just use a contactor.

One tip: make certain that you can't accidentally pull the temperature probe out of the water. It's not good using your tank to try and heat the room:o

HTH


Andrew (UA)

[muzzy]

i guess it also depends if you are using halides, if you do then the heater wont be on very much so i would have thought 2 x 300 watts will be ample for anything up to 1000litres