Hey everyone, im setting up a new system and trying to determine how strong my heater(s) should be.
I have a 90 gallon display and a 36 gallon sump. Shooting to keep the water 77-78. My other equipment doesnt produce much heat so the water is running about 70 all the time without a heater. I keep my house pretty cold.
I know heater failure is a common cause of tank disasters and ive seen it first hand (my brother in law lost his whole setup due to this) so I would like to set up as much of a fail proof system as possible. I was thinking two undersized heaters (so if one fails in the off position it cant cook the tank). I have an apex to turn off the power if the tank gets too hot, but id like a little redundancy too if possible.
How does two 100 watt heaters sound? Is that too much, too little? Im looking at the eheim jager model, they are glass.
What do you guys use, any recommendations?
P.S. Mark I know you recommend no heater at all 😂