Wanted: Cheap Water Heater

[Jimyfloyd]

Hi all,

Looking for as cheap sas possible water heater to pre warm my water before changes.

Anything will do as long as it works (obviously) as I only need it to get the temp up slightly

James

 

[snakequeen]

I got a 25w and some 50W for sale

 

[Jimyfloyd]

I got a 25w and some 50W for sale

ooo and you're in Surrey (whereabouts?)

How much would you want? PM me if you like.

James

 

[snakequeen]

PM'd u

 

[tenohfive]

You want it to pre-warm your water? Why?

 

[Jimyfloyd]

You want it to pre-warm your water? Why?

So:

A) the salt disolves

and

B) the tank temperature doesn't drop

fairly obvious i would have thought...

Anyway found one from snakequeen.

 

[rabbut]

Salt will disolve without heating. Any good refractometer should adjust for temperature issues. I waterchange 20% on the marine tank, and 50% on the Discus regularly without heating, so the question remains on why you want to re-heat unless you are using a cheap refractometer or a hydrometer...

Good to have a spare heater about though in case of issues...

All the best
Rabbut

 

[tenohfive]

As per Rabbut, water temperature fluctuations a) aren't as much as you think they might be and b) doesn't do tropical fish any harm, provided you don't do bigger than 40-50% (depending on who you listen to.

I used to preheat the water (using a kettle full of water) and was then corrected. Using a heater will take hours to match you existing tank water and really isn't necessary.

As for salt I'm not going to lie - I know nothing about marine tanks, but would trust Rabbut.

 

[Jimyfloyd]

ah well i've bought it anyway and as rabbut says - good backup!

The other thing is my water is stored outside and at the moment it's pretty cold...

Whilst the salt will disolve it'll go quicker in the warmer water

 

[tenohfive]

ah well i've bought it anyway and as rabbut says - good backup!

The other thing is my water is stored outside and at the moment it's pretty cold...

Whilst the salt will disolve it'll go quicker in the warmer water

Aye, can't hurt to have too many heaters...in fact I've got about 3 times as many heaters as tanks. Funny the things you pickup 'just in case' over time.