ViaAqua Titanium Aquarium Heater, 300-Watt

this is the best and most reliable heater for the money on the market today . It has a digatal read out along with it being titanium . mine ran out of water by accident and did no damage to the heater. great product i use them in all of my tanks.

Installed this heater in my 55 gallon tank. It brought the temp up quickly and has maintained since. Great product, love the digital feature and outside of tank adjustment. No more dipping my arm in the tank for slight adjustments.

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I have been through quite a few heaters in my time, maybe a dozen. I have had expensive and cheap heaters.

I have been using this for a month now and it's great and keeps consistent temps. The digital readout is accurate as compared to my old fashioned in tank glass thermometer.

The thermostat takes a minute or two to learn probably have to use the manual to at least double check if you are using the one button properly like I had to (I hate having to read manuals). So setting it up is a little clunky initially, but overall not too bad.

The heather itself was slim for a 300 watt heater, and aluminum was the only choice for me as I have a 8" Red Severum that could break a glass one. It comes with a suction cup, but my tank has issues with suction cups. I was happy to see that with a little wedging, the heater set nicely on the bottom of the tank where I need it, with no suction cups.

The wiring is a bit clunky as there is one wire for the thermometer and one for the heater. The thermometer probe must be away from the heater for an accurate temp and so the thermostat can adjust properly. It's a necessary evil for these type of heaters with the external thermostat.

These are hard to find for a good price. I was not familiar with this brand, and with little feedback as to quality I was hesitant. This heater is running strong and accurate, all I need is for it to last and I am a happy camper.

4 stars because the wiring and thermostat setup/adjustment could be a bit easier.

Would I buy it again? You bet, but ask me in a year as well.

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This brand of heaters cannot be used in a horizontal position. There is no mention of this until you open the box.

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This heating unit worked great for the first few months. In fact it worked so well that I didn't bother to hook up my Apex Jr controller immediately upon switching to it because it kept the temperature so consistent. Then one day we had a 5 hour power outage. After power came back, I waited a half hour and then reset the GFCI to make sure I didn't have to worry about any surges; the thermometer acted just fine as it warmed my tank back up. Upon arriving home a week later from a work trip, I found many of my corals starting to bleach. I figured it was the stress from the previous power outage, but as I went through the motions of testing my tank, I decided to plug my Apex Jr back in and tested the water temp again. Turns out the water temperature was a full 10 degrees over what the heater was showing. I then tested the water temperature with 4 other methods and they all reported the same thing, my tank temp was 88 degrees!

Upon reading further, I found out I wasn't the only person to experience this issue. I found a few others that reported having the exact same problem. Stay away from this thing if you aren't looking to boil your fish!

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