You are correct BUT...................................................
All is really based on the ambient room temperature. If the room is
heated at about 72 to 74 then the heater does not have to work as
hard. But sometimes the reverse is true where the room maybe only
68 degrees but you would want the 29 gallon tank to hold 78. In that case
probably a 250 watt heater might be in order. You want the heater to
work but not over-work. Over working can cause the contacts to stick and the next thing ya know, you have fried fish. At least that's the way it was explained to me.
bill in pa
--- On Tue, 9/25/12, Larry Blanchard <labl@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Larry Blanchard <labl@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Heaters!
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 12:13 PM
On 09/25/2012 05:49 AM, bill 1433 wrote:
> As to the heater? How about one with no controls!
> Yes, no control. It's made by Tetra and I haven't got it yet
> but plan on picking one up at Walmart.
It says up to 15 gallons. IIRC, Connie has a 29. However, if the
manufacturer is using the 2 watts per gallon ratio, it might still
work. I've always used 1 to 1.5 wpg. Less danger of overheating if the
heater sticks on.
Larry B
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