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heater positioning

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#1 ·
Dies it matter where in the tank you position a heater?

Can it be horizontal on the back wall of the tank behind plants?
 
#3 ·
Makes no difference where it goes unless you have very poor circulation in the tank.
 
#6 ·
I mount athe bottom so I don't blow any more heaters up

R
that reply put a smile on my face this morning...as i recalled one time during a change my wife ( who was doing her usual supervising from afar) wanted to know why the heater was smoking...:shock::oops:

since that incident I also have gone to a switched power strip.. seeing as the filter has to be shut off as well so it wont loose it;s prime or be run dry...
 
#5 ·
Hahaha yes if you don't turn off the heaters when you change the water then I guess it does matter. I use a powerstrip for the filters (and heaters back when I used them) so I can just turn everything off and on with the flick of a switch.

I meant thermally it doesn't matter. One can easily find out for themselves if it matters in their tank by using a thermometer :)
 
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