[Olympia]

Have any of you seen this new heater by Marina (yes the people that invented those horrible tiny zen cube things)?

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12315584

It's kind of expensive, doesn't say what temperature it heats to either. Dx

 

[Sena Hansler]

Well, that's a new one. I've only seen the bowl heater one that is 7.5 watts

 

[Hopeseeker]

Used to have a marina 10w in my 1.5 gallon and it worked....upgrade to a 1.8 and then got another 1.8 gallon and bought another heater and the new one was a piece of crap and never heated properly. Needless to say, I moved to 25w heaters that worked. I then tried to use one and then both in the 1.5 gallon hospital tank and neither got it warm enough, and then had to use one of my 25w heaters to keep it warm. My opinion is it's a trial and error basis and this one may work....but, also, some may not work either. I like to stick with the heaters with the adjustable knob on the top.

 

[Cattitude]

At least it has an indicator light. I bought two Aqueon 10W heaters and they overheated the tanks. They had no indicator lights and I didn't know that they just kept heating continually. Luckily I checked them often and pulled them out when the temp got to around 88 in both tanks!

 

[Hopeseeker]

At least it has an indicator light. I bought two Aqueon 10W heaters and they overheated the tanks. They had no indicator lights and I didn't know that they just kept heating continually. Luckily I checked them often and pulled them out when the temp got to around 88 in both tanks!

Mine had an led on each and they turned off....just not at a warm enough temp. Had to keep switching them back and forth between the tanks in the attempt to get it slightly warmer for both my babies. In the end, I got tired of them and got better ones with more control.

 

[underdebate]

I've never used that particular heater, but I have the 10 watt version of this Marina heater in three 1-gallon bowls. Room temp is about 71 and it heats to about 78 very nicely-- I've had dips but only when the house temperature drops. (Doesn't work particularly well for anything bigger than 2 gallons, though.)

 

[mattoboy]

Just got this heater today - 4 hours later after setup it is heated to 82F

 

[Olympia]

Is it still heating?
It sounds good if it goes that high!

 

[mattoboy]

Its done heating now at 82F. Very good in the hospital tank.

 

[FishyFishy89]

i worry about non-adjustable heaters

 

[Tikibirds]

Automatic, submersible aquarium heater

does that mean it shuts off when it gets too hot?

I actually use a Tetra preset 50 watt in my 1 gallon. That thing is a POS and it can barely even heat that up to 74, no way it would heat up 10G

 

[Sena Hansler]

I have that one. I use it for 3 gallons and UNDER. Only under. at 5 gallons it heats it to....76. 10 gallons, 72.