The MOST Important aquarium equipment YOU MUST Have
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- A heater controller is the most important equipment in your aquarium -- I mean heaters, filters, wavemakers sometimes -- they're all really important too, but I'd place a heater controller above them because many people don't even know about them, and also because they can prevent a malfunction of your heaters from killing all your tropical fish, African cichlids and American cichlids. Whatever fish tank you have will benefit from a controller, and the one I'm going to show you from INKBIRD is the most amazing one I've seen. And it doesn't break the bank by a long shot.
Cichlid Charmer is dedicated to sharing the joy of keeping African cichlids and American cichlids and sharing information about them. Much of my content is not cichlid fish specific, however. It also pertains to all tropical fish aquariums. I will share what I have learned about cichlids and other fish, and everyone is welcomed to comment with their own experiences and information about fish and aquarium practices in general.
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ITC-306A controller: amzn.to/3IszXx9
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
01:04 - Heaters
03:04 - Controllers
04:36 - Unboxing
07:27 - Installation
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FILTERS:
Fluval FX6 Canister Filter: amzn.to/3GHPDeS
Fluval FX4 Canister Filter: amzn.to/48gTonj
Fluval 407 canister filter: amzn.to/3RLhOjH
Fluval 307 canister filter: amzn.to/47Pa4md
Seachem Tidal HOB 110 Gallon Filter: amzn.to/3t8FXqY
Seachem Tidal HOB 55 Gallon Filter: amzn.to/3GLhwmE
Seachem Tidal HOB 35 Gallon Filter: amzn.to/3NsRWq8
BREEDER BOX: www.amazon.com/dp/B07THHY7YP?...
WAVEMAKERS:
Uniclife wavemaker 120-300 gallon: amzn.to/3RsjzAT
Uniclife wavemaker 60-120 gallon: amzn.to/3tlM0sg
Uniclife wavemaker 30-60 gallon: amzn.to/48lo3Qn
HEATERS:
Eheim Jager Aquarium Heaters: amzn.to/3toJYY8
TEMP CONTROLLER:
Inkbird ITC306A: amzn.to/3RJc4H0
Inkbird ITC308S: amzn.to/3RnvFuY
SICCE Ultra Zero Submersible Pump: amzn.to/484mirq
LIGHTS:
AI Prime Freshwater Light: amzn.to/47XEdQp
AI Prime Flex Arm: amzn.to/3v3sWiT
Fluval Sea Marine 3.0 59 watt: amzn.to/3v8UkvJ
Fluval Sea Marine 3.0 46 watt: amzn.to/4anPEm4
Fluval Sea Marine 3.0 32 watt: amzn.to/3v7CZTT
FOODS:
Northfin Jumbo Formula: amzn.to/48dFN00
Northfin Fish Food 3 mm Sinking Pellets: amzn.to/46Z4NaC
Northfin Veggie Formula 3mm: amzn.to/3tiWGI1
Garlic Guard: amzn.to/48loBFV
VitaChem https: amzn.to/4aooPOm
LANDEN RIMLESS AQUARIUMS: amzn.to/3tkZlRw
LUBE FOR FILTER GASKETS: amzn.to/48g5sW2
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What’s your experience with controllers? LMK. And be sure to give this a LIKE - I mean, if you liked it. If you hated it, hit the dislike button twice 🤘
Couldn’t agree more,with out a doubt one of the best piece of equipment everyone should have on an aquarium in my opinion, along with great water quality. Great video mate 👍👍
Thank you, Stefanos! Hope all is well with you my friend.
Just started to watch your videos, which are very good, so I have subscribed. I have a Mbuna tank which doesn't have a controller on, so I think I will invest. Keep those videos coming. Paul from Westgate England 🏴 😎👍
Thank you for the encouragement and for subbing - and all the way from England! 🤩🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great video, right to the point and you explain all the benefits of the inkbird! I'll be buying one of these bad boys for my 125 G asap!
Thank you, and you’ll be glad you did!
Been using the Inkbird wifi controller from day one on my custom tank since 2 years ago.. great bit of kit can’t praise or recommend it enough 👍
Good stuff!
I like the light bulb analogy - notice how they always blow when you turn them on! And then they won't work anymore.... Funny thing about electronic components is, they only short long enough to OPEN; and when they open they don't work. Nothing on this planet works any differently including fish tank heaters.
Thanks! It’s about the only thing about electricity that I understand 😂🤘
Oh ya over 10yrs ago I had a fryolater!!!!! Since then a inkbird helps me sleep at night!!! Keep up the great content!!!!😎
I’ve never had a “fruator “ (I should have consulted you before making this video btw - great word 🤩). Glad you’re able to sleep at night! Sorry for your loss though. Thanks for the comment 🥰
@@CichlidCharmer fryolator lol!!! McDonald’s cooks your French fries in!!!😆
😂
I’ve had a inkbird controller fail on me before I wish id had the double probe
model it probably would’ve help be avoid some losses.
Every piece of equipment can fail -- that's why I started thinking about upgrading to this dude here. Sorry to hear about your losses though. That's hard.
Oh definitely ! I have the same ones. I have one on my back up heater aswell
I can’t believe I was using the other INKBIRD controller all this time!
Should I have only one for both heaters ? Curious now .
I mean you COULD, but I feel pretty good just having my two heaters plugged into this one unit with the redundancy. Your tank is doubly safe with one for each heater. Or is it doubly doubly safe?
I’m gonna tone it down a notch and make it one controller. Maybe I could send you a pic of mine so I’m certain we have the same ones. I’m not sure but I’m almost positive .
Sounds good. Cichlidcharmer@gmail.com, Eli.
CC,
I don’t have any controllers on my tanks. All my heaters have fail safes in them. Isn’t that a good thing to have. They are supposed to not cool the fish in a failure. Good review. You should set up a whole WiFi mesh system. Then no slow internet and consistent all through the house. I set up a mesh system and love how easy it is and the speeds.
Thank you, Jeremy. I have a great mesh system and my satellite routers are all hard wired in their rooms. However… it took me FOREVER to get it all running. There was a problem and I have NO IDEA how I fixed it. I tried to go back in and add 2.4, but my pw isn’t working and it’s telling me I don’t know my Dad’s middle name, so I would have to reset the whole thing. 😳😳
@@CichlidCharmer ah ok. Yeah no need to reset for one thing. Good to know. Looking forward to another fish room tank update. Whenever that video drops. :)
Yeah I need my internet! Oh thanks Jeremy. My next two vids are every fish in Alcatraz and every mbuna updates.
Bless you sweet Stella I just want to give her some smooches too! Thank you for the great review on the ITC 306A of course you know my great tec skills I went for the ITC 308S without Wi-Fi (have them on 3 tanks) but now I'm second guessing my decision I like the 2-probe idea hum.... OK not the Wi-Fi but again maybe. Well now the cat is out of the bag, your wife will find out about her thermometer, but probably won't want it back after using it in your tanks, not wanting to use for her next turkey she bakes 🤢🤢Thank you so much I might have to upgrade what I have.
Hi Polly! Thanks for watching - and Stella sends her best 😘. I think it’s worth the upgrade for sure. And my wife doesn’t watch my videos, so I’m safe!
Just posted what I found last evening the Bolivians had a spawn, OK I will never tell your wife haha!@@CichlidCharmer
@@pollylewis9611 love your posts! Congrats!
Thanks, always a challenge I look for lol.@@CichlidCharmer
What if the controller fails or malfunctions? For example what if the controller misreads the temperature of the tank or simply isn’t calibrated correctly?
Very good question. The controller definitely can fail, but it’s a lot less likely to fail than your heaters. This unit will tell you when one of the probes is off compared to the other probe, so that’s good. A single probe would not be as fail safe. Just to be sure, set your heaters at just a little higher than your controller. And make sure you use a good thermometer to calibrate the unit.
Okay thank you. I decided to buy one, I kept turning my heater down but it wasn’t reducing the temperature from 81°F so I appreciate this! I’m a bit confused on how to calibrate it. I have a brand new floating thermometer, should that be accurate enough to test if the calibration is correct when the controller arrives?
I’m not sure how accurate your thermometer is. With a probe like the one I stole from my wife, you can dip the tip of it into a glass of ice water and try to keep the tip from touching the ice - just water. It should be 32 degrees +/- 1 degree. I don’t know how to check those floating ones. I’d invest in a good electronic probe, myself.
They said fluval is the best better than marianland and tetra and new subscriber here
I think everyone has an opinion on the best heaters. I’ve never had any serious issues with my eheims, but I’m sure some people would die by them and others would die before using them 😂. Thanks for subbing! Glad you’re here 🥰
Just a cheap wifi extender and connect through that on 2.4gz
I have mesh through the house, but the router won’t accept my pw and it also indicates I don’t know my father’s middle name 🤔 so I have to reset the router, and that ain’t happening. At least not for a while.
our heater failed catastrophically. it exploded and took the whole tank with it.
Oh no! Nightmare. My eheims have never done that, thank goodness.
Not needed in a tropical country like ours, only groomers who bulk feed their fishes needs heaters in my country 😂
Where are you from? Sounds wonderful. Do you need a chiller for your tanks in case they get too warm?
@@CichlidCharmer Philippines, Heaters are a thing for Goldfish groomers (bulking), coolers are existent but expensive for most hobbyist, so they are very rare. We only have dry and wet season, so temperatures based on my experience only goes between 27c to 31c on my aquariums. I'm on the camp that we do too much on our hobby, and frankly over complicate things at times, fish are cold blooded, so theh can practically adapt to a lot of things just not abruptly, especially that they are captive bred. Been into Arowanas, Pacus, Oscars, "freshwater shark", Koi and Goldfish over the years, planning into diving into the world of African cichlids now 😅
I can get behind that. We have our house at 68F so that wouldn’t cut it for my Africans. They wouldn’t be happy at least. I hope you come back for more videos in the future. The channel could use more comments from people like you 🥰