Hydor Mini Heater

[CAC]

Hi i just recieved my new heater for my 3 UK Gal tank (for the new betta) and have had it plugged in for 3-4 hours now. the temp has hardly changed, and by hardly i mean no change. does anyone own one or know how long they should take to heat up (i actually touched it and there was no heat) or is it faulty or am i immpetient
thanks, mikey

 

[liz2]

Those are what I use. If you have a lid on the tank it should have made a difference by now. Not as good as the proper heaters but I like them as my boys tend to threaten the glass heaters! Give it a bit longer!

 

[Amerce]

I have some of them and they should be slightly warm to the touch, I am using one in a tank right now and with the ambient temp in the room being around 30c the tank water is in the region of 27c and it is around 3.5 gallons (it also has a lid).

So I would expect the heater to be slightly warm to the touch and the water to be "warmer", if it doesn't change overnight then I'd say you had a dud.

 

[CAC]

ok thanks. pretty sure its working now, it just took a while to get going.
cheers.

 

[joey]

I have a hydor mini heater.it is really good but once you get other fish it might die like my neon and rummynose tetra. B)