Heaters

[trev62]

Hi all im going to set up a rs 425xl and have two D-D heater controllers is it best to buy 2 600wat titanium heaters and have one as a back up or buy two 300 wat and have them both running with no back up any advice would be helpful thank you Has this site taken over from reef central as i could never register on it

[Autumnsky]

My preference is running 2 heaters in the lower end of the spectrum. You can always have a back up in the storage.

My fear is over heating water issues. I have had this happen in my macro algae tank and it killed my enormous Mexican Turbo Snails and a few other things. Once on a different time, heater was stuck on high but because I used 2 lower Watt heaters (in one tank) it raised the tank temp but not to a deadly level.

There are heaters now with a trip fuse sort of thing, so if it sticks on high it shuts down at a certain temp.

Just Aquarium Advice as far I know.

[trev62]

Thank you very much Autumnsky very help full