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02-04-2003, 11:42 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 331
|  Heater for 50 Gal I'm in the process of buying all my supplies for my new 50 Gal tank. How much wattage do I need on a heater for that size of tank. I'm going Ebo-Jaber all the way, just need to know how many watts, 125?
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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02-04-2003, 04:34 PM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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| Ok cool. I'm also swapping out the default Fluval with an Eheim. My other question is obviously the hood is a tad under-watted as far as any plants might go, I can't remember the exact wattage of the bulb on the normal starter kit hood, but it sucks. I'm working at constructing my own. The tank is 36" wide so I can put a 3 foot fluorescent strip across that will take a 30 watt dayglo bulb. Multiple by 3 strips and that is still only 90 watts, how do most people make their own hoods with sufficient lighting?
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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02-04-2003, 07:59 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Diego California
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| considering your cold climate, i would go with the 200 watts. or even the 250 watt, or like soulfish said... 2x 100 watts as for the lighting look to the salt water guys, get a HO or VHO set up. a little more costly but hey thats what you gotta do Last edited by sinasster; 02-04-2003 at 08:02 PM. |
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02-04-2003, 10:21 PM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hayward, CA
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| you can also use screw in flourescents (the spiraly ones) if you are making our own...should be able to get a socket setup for that...I just did that today in my 29gal...if you want more info I will re-post or you can e-mail me...there was a link to a site about it, but the site is down Kevin
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02-06-2003, 10:32 AM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 331
| Ok I've decided on the 2 100watt Ebo-Jaber plan. I've heard of VHO but wasn't sure if that what most people used on their Freshwater/Brackish tanks or not. I'll have to price it out. Camaro I'll give you an shout on email, maybe you can explain the screw in flourescent more to me.
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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02-10-2003, 12:52 PM
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| Medium Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 331
| Heheh ok ok, due to an unexpected Income Tax problem in my favour I have an increased amount of funds. I'm looking at a 77gallon tank now instead of a 50. So I'm switching to 2 150watt ebo-jagers instead of 100watt, and can switch to 4 foot wide fluorescent instead of 3 foot wide. I'm going the DIY pop bottle CO2 route with a bleed valve (don't want any bottle explosions on me  ). Just an overall update for Ya'll.
__________________ 5gal : Planted and cycling. 10gal : 2 Harlequin Rasbora's, 3 White Cloud Minnows, 1 Common Pleco, 2 Fathead Minnows, assorted plants 34gal : 6 Black Skirt Tetra's, 4 Tiger Barbs(3 Albino), 4 Red-tailed Green Cory's, 3 Silver Mollies, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 1 Bumblebee Catfish, 1 Crayfish, assorted plants 77gal : Brackish tank, 3 Colombian Sharks, 5 Knight Gobies, 2 Archerfish |
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