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Posted by miskairal on July 9, 2005, 9:38 pm
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OK, Thankyou.
Marc Levenson wrote:
> Hi Miskairal,
>
> You need 3w per gallon, divided by two. If your tank is 180g, you need
> 540w of heating power. I always recommend dividing that number over two
> or even three heaters, so if one sticks on it can't cook your tank.
>
> Two 250w heaters will do the job adequately, especially in your climate.
>
> Marc
>
>
> miskairal wrote:
>
>> After spending many months learning about keeping a reef tank I've
>> come to the conclusion that no two people do it the same and no set up
>> is the "right" way necessarily. I really wish someone would just say,
>> you do this, this and this as us women aren't too good at making
>> decisions.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm stuck now on the heating. I really want to start trying to
>> keep costs down so thought I might get the heaters on ebay after
>> buying almost everything else new.
>>
>> My tank should hold about 683 litres or 180 US gallons so what heating
>> do you all recommend? I've heard 2W per gallon, 3 W per gallon and 5 W
>> per gallon so anywhere from 360W to 940W apparently. I'm in Oz and it
>> doesn't get too cold where the tank is, maybe down to 10°C (50°F) in
>> winter at the most, mind you it's meant to be mid winter now and the
>> temp is about 20°C there. Should I use 3 heaters even? I will not be
>> having a sump at this stage.
>>
>> The biggest heaters I've seen on ebay are 300W. Are there any brands
>> to stear/steer clear of? Resun seems to be the most common.
>>
>> Thankyou
>
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> to the conclusion that no two people do it the same and no set up is the
> "right" way necessarily. I really wish someone would just say, you do
> this, this and this as us women aren't too good at making decisions.
>
> Anyway, I'm stuck now on the heating. I really want to start trying to
> keep costs down so thought I might get the heaters on ebay after buying
> almost everything else new.
>
> My tank should hold about 683 litres or 180 US gallons so what heating
> do you all recommend? I've heard 2W per gallon, 3 W per gallon and 5 W
> per gallon so anywhere from 360W to 940W apparently. I'm in Oz and it
> doesn't get too cold where the tank is, maybe down to 10°C (50°F) in
> winter at the most, mind you it's meant to be mid winter now and the
> temp is about 20°C there. Should I use 3 heaters even? I will not be
> having a sump at this stage.
>
> The biggest heaters I've seen on ebay are 300W. Are there any brands to
> stear/steer clear of? Resun seems to be the most common.
>
> Thankyou