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Is it important to use a heater with external controller? I have been having bad luck with heaters lately. Any particular brand preferred?
 
it is definitely preferred, but something you should also do is use two heaters that are half the strength you need. so if you are using a 300 watt heater, get two 150 watt heaters instead.
 
@WeMa wrote:
a 300 watt heater said:
this is so that WHEN the heaters thermometer stops working, it does not rapidly heat the tank to the point that you lose inhabitants. i would also recommend a titanium heater, but a titanium one would be your best bet
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for years i used a via aqua titanium heater with external adjustment dial, it worked great. After it finally went out I was no longer able to get a reliable heater even from the same company. So now i am really really happy with two ebojagers hooked up to a ranco temp controller. Casey
 
I agree with Wes's reasons for two and the need for it to be on a controller of some sort.

Titanium heaters have taken a shocking downturn in quality the last year or so. When they first came out, they were bullet proof, now its a crap shoot. I've seen many a post from people who had one go bad on them or zap their tank, leak copper etc. Jason at Premium Aquatics steered me away from them due to the issues they had with Won and Pro-Heat. He suggested the Hydor Theo because they just don't break and are very reliable.

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_AquariumPage~PageAlias~heaters_hydor_theo.html

You can get two of the 150W and plug them into one of these... Turn the temp up on the heater to about 2 degrees above where it should be, then set the controller. It will continue to heat and the controller will shut them off when it reaches temp and if the controller fails it will only go 2 degrees above. Only time you would get into problems is if both controller AND heater failed.

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idProduct~AM1713.html

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~idProduct~AL1713.html

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=TW-DC&Category_Code=GroundTemp
 
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