Heater suggestions

[tom91970]

I would like to buy a better heater than the one that came with my kit (yeah, I know…the equipment that comes with kits are usually second rate).

I have a 29 gallon FW tank.

What are some heaters that you have found to be reliable? I’ve looked at the Visi-Therm and Top Fin heaters at PetSmart.

 

[joeyjoeq]

The Stealth Visi-therm are good. I use those and never gave me a problem. Use two 50 watt or a single 100 for your tank. I like to use two that way one is not working as hard. Temp is almost always right on the dot.

 

[GIS Guy]

I've heard that Jabo are good, but I use Visi-Therms.

EDIT: Ebo-Jager *** not Jabo

 

[cinlnk]

The Stealth Visi-therm are good. I use those and never gave me a problem. Use two 50 watt or a single 100 for your tank. I like to use two that way one is not working as hard. Temp is almost always right on the dot.

I have Visi-Therm in all my tanks.....Love them!!!!

 

[MrBungle]

stealth's in all mine as well.

 

[tropicalfish]

Visi-Therm Deluxe or Visi-Therm Stealth.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

I've got a visi-therm as well and it is awesome.

 

[Mahamotorworks]

Ebo-Jager I have them in my 75G they work great.

MAHA

 

[christinap]

I use Top-Fin. It works well for me and keeps my water at a constant even if the room temp changes

 

[GIS Guy]

Ebo-Jager I have them in my 75G they work great.

MAHA

Has Eheim dropped the "Ebo" part and they are now just Jager heaters?
I checked Eheim's website and resellers and couldn't find "Ebo Jager", just "Jager".

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

i like theo's i had that one come in my 29 kit, and i really like it compared to the others ive tried. the temperature dial was acurate on mine, and it has numbers, not a + or -. also, it turns off when the water drops below level.

 

[GIS Guy]

One bad thing I can say about the Visi-Therm is that the temp adjustment knob can be difficult to turn.

 

[tropicalfish]

One bad thing I can say about the Visi-Therm is that the temp adjustment knob can be difficult to turn.

True. The older Visi-Therm knobs were easy to turn. The newer ones require me to take the heater off the wall, grip the knob and the heater tightly to turn it.

 

[Rebgen]

I have used Tronics in my 55gal, 20L gal, and Eclipse 12 with zero problems for going on five years.

 

[tropicalfish]

The Hagen heaters I think... heat with more heat. The heater will get hotter during heating than a Visi-Therm heater.

 

[tom91970]

I have been adjusting my heater every 24 hours since for two weeks now. I can go all the way to the end of the + side and my temp still stays at 74 degrees (which is basically room temp). The little red light stays on all the time. I think I have a defective heater.

 

[GIS Guy]

I'd say the thermostat is out.
Time for a new one.
That's exactly what I did this month.

 

[tom91970]

Yep...I'd say that was the problem. I can touch the glass tube and I don't feel any heat. I went to Wal-Mart this weekend but they didn't have anything that was suggested here, so I guess I will have to make a trip out of town to find a decent one.

 

[joeyjoeq]

Get those stealth visi-therms, you can always try petsmart.com it's cheaper than the stoe too. Then again print it out, and take it to the store and they will honor the price.

 

[tom91970]

Get those stealth visi-therms, you can always try petsmart.com it's cheaper than the stoe too. Then again print it out, and take it to the store and they will honor the price.

Thanks for telling me this. I went to PetSmart yesterday and bought one of these. The store price was for the 100w was $31.99 and the website price was $17.99 ($19.47 after tax). You saved me $15.16. It was worth making the drive rather than buying one of those crappy heaters Wal-Mart stocks. In fact, it was actually a couple bucks cheaper than WM.

Thanks!