looking to upgrade heaters

[utiliy]

any imput on the Finnex HPS Heater Series
have problems with jagers....imagine that.

[jimg]

David Rose has sera heaters. which a lot of people are switching to

[utiliy]

i read some about them....but whats the deal with them working on/off with a small lamp?
i may of misunderstood it-but im taking it u need a small lamp? or it works when the lamp is on in the heater?
im done with jagers...had one in the breeding tank with fry attached-and temp got down to 69! all is well-but i put a trusty aqua clear in for now...
reading about the finnex-i think ill like those.
just want imput before i buy 3-4...thx

[jimg]

I don't know anything about needing a lamp. I have had a few jagers go bad but I also have some for a long time too. I don't know about finnex, but I like the sera so far.

[utiliy]

the website has writing about on/off by using a lamp?
i used aqua clear heaters for years-1 went bad went to jagers...have 2 jagers that went bad....going to something else.

[phil47952]

I use a Ranco and never a problem.........

Phil

[utiliy]

SERA 200W Aquarium Heater.

A high quality heater with a 2 mm glass tube and precision protection circuit.
Sera aquarium heaters are very short and are easy to install in small aquariums. The function control (on/off) is achieved by means of a small lamp.

200W Heater Specifications:

* Length: 11.8"
* Recommended Aquarium Size: 26-66 gal.
* Fully Submersible
* Includes Protective Grid Guard
* 2 Years Manufacturer's Warranty

ok...whats the on/off small lamp actually mean? like a regular heater-light on-its on?

[Teh]

it is just an indicator to show if the heater is on/off, just like regular heater nothing fancy.

[TURQ64]

I'm going to give a finnex or two a try, but Jager's have always been my mainstay..A bad one now and then, but I figure that's the nature of the beast. Just as a reference, I have three tanks with Jager's so old that you can service them!(take apart and re-solder connections, etc) I bought them at a San Francisco Aquarium Society auction in 1981 and they were well used already. If they didn't fail once in a while, their wouldn't be so many manufacturers!

[William Palumbo]

Been using VIA-AQUA heaters with absolutely no problems. As of right now are the only ones I buy. and are cheap too!...Bill

[roundfishross]

Been using VIA-AQUA heaters with absolutely no problems. As of right now are the only ones I buy. and are cheap too!...Bill

me too over a year running 25+ of these in various wattages and have had no failures!

[utiliy]

i see pet mountain has a blow out on these via aqua heaters...

[runner]

I have used visi-therms for a long time and they were really very reliable. Lately some of them have started to leak and just recently I was away for 2 days I lost a tank of 5 red turqs because of failure. I need to mention the ambient temp. in my fish room now is 58-62F .I have taken these apart as far as you can, let them dry out for a week,and then siliconed them and sealed them back up. Will be testing them shortly.
Has anyone had the same problem? I need some new heaters and I don't know where to go. It seems to me that there is no real consensus out there as to what is the best.
Any thoughts?
Jay

[utiliy]

thats what im kind of steering to here in this thread...just what kind to get.
i drive a truck, and the feerful call on the road is what a temperature is at a tank 400 miles away from home.
those via aquas are cheap-but if they work-and have good luck with them, thats what ill purchase....only 10 bucks....jagers are 3 times that for what i call in my circumstances-JUNK.<<<my opionion.
im going to pack up the jagers and send them back-maybe they will throw them away for me.

wonder what kind eddie uses?

[Eddie]

thats what im kind of steering to here in this thread...just what kind to get.
i drive a truck, and the feerful call on the road is what a temperature is at a tank 400 miles away from home.
those via aquas are cheap-but if they work-and have good luck with them, thats what ill purchase....only 10 bucks....jagers are 3 times that for what i call in my circumstances-JUNK.<<<my opionion.
im going to pack up the jagers and send them back-maybe they will throw them away for me.

wonder what kind eddie uses?

LOL, I use jagers. Had one stop working a long time ago but it was already 5-6 years old. I tested a SERA and I don't like it, it is collecting way too much condensation inside and I need to toss it. Its not worth the risk at all. I'll have to try out one of the VIA-AQUAs and see how they fair.