REEF AQUARIUM HEATERS - COMPARISONS AND UPGRADES

REEF AQUARIUM HEATERS COMPARISONS AND UPGRADES (Glass vs Titanium)
Hello to you fellow reef aquarium hobbyists, welcome back to this episode of Craft Aquatic, I’m Matt G.
The weather has gotten cold again here in the Northeast, so it is time to replace some heaters, in the rack and rubble frag system. In this video I will show you the condition of some of the 1 year old glass heaters that I have been using and the new titanium heaters that I will be replacing them with. So here we go.
Heaters are a topic that is ripe for debate in reef keeping, but it’s not that difficult of a subject to address, especially compared to some of the other challenges inherent in this hobby. With that said, there are some key points that I’d like to make, based on my personal experience with them over the years.
We’ll start with this heater here in the 15 gallon rubble section of the rack and rubble frag tank. By the way, I will link to several in depth videos about this system, in the description below if you’d like to dive deeper. This is a 100 watt, internally set heater that is here, simply to warm the water as it flows from the upper cube down to the shared sump. I will be replacing this with an upgraded option.
Here we have two Aqueon 300 watt heaters that have seen better days. I am going to discuss these more in depth, but basically they have been in this system for a little over a year and have began to rust internally. It is hard to say wether any of this oxidation is getting out into the water, but one of the reasons I am addressing heaters now is because I have noticed more hair algae than normal in all three tanks, which can be an indicator of iron or metal in the water. Again, anecdotal, but when we do see issue in our systems, it is always best to performa a process of elimination and some of these heaters are clearly in need of replacing anyway.
Links to other videos about the Rack and Rubble frag tank, featured in this video
3 TANK REEF SYSTEM - FULL TOUR (RACK AND RUBBLE UPDATE, DECEMBER 2020)
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Rack and Rubble Frag System (Growing LPS and SPS Coral In The Same System)
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SALTWATER MOLLIES HOW, WHY AND BABY FRY (HOW TO ACCLIMATE FRESHWATER MOLLIES TO SALTWATER)
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Reef Aquarium Heaters - Comparisons and Upgrades