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Re: [GSAS-Member] Heater Goes Where
Heaters are bad. If you don't need them, don't get one.
That said, I like them low in the tanks to not be a problem when doing water
changes.
Plenty of fish do fine in unheated tanks (as long as the room is heated and
stays above 60). Isn't this club full of people keeping goodeids? They're
(mostly) from the mexican highlands where it never gets that hot. 60F is fine.
Of course, they'll eat plants.
Killies don't mind cool water (most of them - I wouldnt' keep desert pupfish
this way, but I wouldn't keep desert pupfish for lots of other reasons.)
> From: rick-rose@comcast.net> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Thu, 9 Aug
> 2007 23:20:08 -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Heater Goes Where> > My
> reasoning would be...> > Heat rises, so rather than responding to the
> temperature of the entire water> volume (as it would in the horizontal
> position,) in the vertical position,> the sensor would be fooled by the
> warmed water coming up from the element> and prematurely turn-off. It would
> probably cycle on/off much more often -> never efficiently heating the water
> and possibly wearing out the heater> switch more quickly.> > My 2 cents
> worth,> Rick> > -----Original Message-----> From:
> gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On
> Behalf Of Shango Los> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:43 PM> To: 'Greater
> Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Heater Goes
> Where> > Hi all,> > > > I have always learned that the heater in a 30 gallon
> should go horizontal> about 3 inches above the bottom of the tank. I have a
> tank set up where> that location is less than optimum. I would like to move
> it to vertical> about 5 inches from the wall on the opposite side of the tank
> from the> filter. Seems to me there shouldn't be much difference.> > > > Is
> there any sage reason why the heater should really stay horizontal 3> inches
> off the bottom?> > > > Thanks> > > Shango> > > >
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