External heaters

[Katie]

Can someone reccomend a good brand of external heater to me please?

[Dee]

Hello,

I would recommend the Hydor external linline heaters, they come in 200W and 300W and work a treat.

AOA, a DF.com sponsor stocks them at a good price.HTH

Cheers,

Dee.

[spencer]

I second the hydor
Keeps my tank temp perfect

Cheers Max

[RJ_Archer]

What are external heater and can i please have some pics, and do they work well?

[jho51e]

great i was looking into inline heaters and the Hydor heaters seem to be the best value... cheers DiscusD and Spencer...

[Katie]

Thanks D and Spencer. I will be adding the Hydor 300 to my shopping cart. Now how about recommending a UV-C for me hmmmm?
I was leaning towards the Pondmaster UV-C 36w. Anyone got one of these?

[jho51e]

Katie, you are asking the right questions for me too!! :-)

[Katie]

jho- I aim to please ;) lol

[Davo]

I have a de-bary UVS and it is great. The water is crystal clear and my discus have never been more healthy. They might cost more but you get what you pay for.

Dave.

[DR.V]

WTF are external heater and can i please have some pics, and do they work well?

They look like this :
http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/prod964.htm

And yes, they work very well.

[taksan]

Thanks D and Spencer. I will be adding the Hydor 300 to my shopping cart. Now how about recommending a UV-C for me hmmmm?
I was leaning towards the Pondmaster UV-C 36w. Anyone got one of these?

Yeah got 6 of the 36w pondmasters and I rate them equal to the Debary's at half the price.

[lovenotthrowdiscus]

DR.V or anyone
if i have 2 aqua one canister filters do i only need to put the external heater with one canister filter?

also i have a 260ltr tank will the 300w external heater be enough?

are the easy to install as well?

thanksthanks :)

[Proteus]

As per Taksans reply, I have both DeBary & Pondmaster and honestly, they do the same job... just one costs a lot less.

[DR.V]

DR.V or anyone
if i have 2 aqua one canister filters do i only need to put the external heater with one canister filter?

also i have a 260ltr tank will the 300w external heater be enough?

are the easy to install as well?

thanksthanks :)

I think it would be enough. The external heater got 16mm hose connections.
Just make sure it fits your cannister hose.

HTH

[Merrilyn]

DR.V or anyone
if i have 2 aqua one canister filters do i only need to put the external heater with one canister filter?

also i have a 260ltr tank will the 300w external heater be enough?

are the easy to install as well?

thanksthanks :)

You only need to fit it to one filter, and yes, the 300w will be sufficient for your tank. They are fitted on the outlet hose of your filter with push on fittings, so very easy to fit.

[lovenotthrowdiscus]

thanks alot DR.V and ladyred.