I wanted to put a 250w heater (eheim jager) in my sump, but found it was far too long to put in vertically. Are there any more compact heaters people could recommend? Or how do you heat your shallow tanks?
Heater for shallow tanks/sumps?
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Coral reefer
Past President
Why not horizontal?
sfsuphysics
Supporting Member
Go with a titanium heater like a Finnex, and use an external controller (doesn't necessarily have to be an Apex, just a heater controller is fine). Quite a bit of space is removed when the controller is removed from the heater
Can you submerge the entire heater on a jager (controller top and all)??
max_nano
Supporting Member
It’s probably not very helpful but I know you’re somewhat close to Neptune. I got the titanium heater they have on the wall behind the counter which includes a built in temp controller and it is a small heating element. I have a 100w and it stands straight in the back of my 7” deep tank.
haha, sfsuphysics beat me too it. I think mine might be from the brand he mentioned.
haha, sfsuphysics beat me too it. I think mine might be from the brand he mentioned.
Much appreciated!
I have mine completely submerged. I've ran these heaters in previous tanks completely submerged with no issues.
Coral reefer
Past President
They are actual required to be almost completely submerged and can be completely submerged if it’s the one I’m thinking of with the blue top?
Correct. I always thought that needed to be out of water, but it occurs to me I never checked on that...and that would make a lot of sense. Huh. Thank you!
Coral reefer
Past President
Yeah they have a minimum water line.
Old school heaters had a similar line but it was a maximum
Old school heaters had a similar line but it was a maximum