ModemMan8 Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Heater recommendations for a 12 gal Eclipse? Ebo Jager 50watt a good/reliable heater for the price? Thanks! Link to comment
Caesar Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Ebo's are great. someone posted a poll and Ebo was one of the most used. Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 When I was studying up to start the nano the consensus seemed to be EBO was the most reliable heater, i.e. most likely to NOT cook your livestock. Of course there will still be someone who had an Ebo that overheated.....maybe it was 30 years old or something.. I have EBO's in all my tanks now... Link to comment
ModemMan8 Posted October 9, 2003 Author Share Posted October 9, 2003 Ebo it is... thanks for your recommendations. A 50 watt should do it for a 12 gallon (I live in Las Vegas not Anchorage)? Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 That's the wattage I have in my 10g. Link to comment
gary04 Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Is your heater inside your tank or inside like a protein skimmer. I heard you can put it inside a protein skimmer is this correct thing to do. If anybody knows please let me know so I don't make a big mistake. Link to comment
ModemMan8 Posted October 11, 2003 Author Share Posted October 11, 2003 I am going to order a 50 watt Ebo this weekend from one of the Internet sites. I dont have a protein skimmer... so it will be inside my tank behind the rock in the back. I think I have enough current to evenly heat it. Its mostly for overnight because during the day my tank stays pretty consistantly at 80F with the light on. Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 I have my heater in the outflow compartment of my fuge... Link to comment
offsprg01 Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 i had an ebo it boiled my friggin nano right after if finished it's cycle!!!!!! any it wasn't 50 years old it was probably just a bad heater. the lfs where i got it called ebo and they sent a new one, which i traded to the lfs. i went heaterless for a while but when i moved back in to the doorms i put an old really small heater in my tank that i've had for years. it's really to small to heat my tank but i keep it on there to insure my nano won't freeze. the heater keeps my tank above 76 degress. (it usually runs between 82 and 80 degrees) i sleep alot better at night know that no matter how long me heater runs i wont be having seafood soup when i get up in the morning. but that my nano wont freeze either. Link to comment
Twins Guy Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 gary- anywhere you have some flow, water levels that won't drop rapidly exposing your heater to air, and that it won't melt should be fine. tg Link to comment
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