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Title: Getting New Tank
Description: Is a 100 watt heater good for a 30 gal.?


Tommy - July 14, 2005 03:33 PM (GMT)
Is a 100 watt heater good enough for a 30 gallon? Do i have to get a new one? If so how many watts?

Robyn - July 14, 2005 05:08 PM (GMT)
I use 50 W per 10 gallons so for a 30 gallon tank, that would be about 150 W (they don't make that size so you can combine two or go up or down in Watts depending on the temperature differential). How many Watts you need depends not only on tank size but temperature differential which is how many degrees F warmer you want the tank to be than the coldest temperature in the winter. My maximum differential is about 15 degrees F. If yours is more than that or about the same, I would get a 200 W heater. If it's less, than your 100 W heater would be plenty. Most heaters have a table on the back that gives temperature differential and tank size and then how many Watts you need.

Tommy - July 15, 2005 11:04 PM (GMT)
ive actually decided to get a 20 gallon instead of a 30 gallon to make things easier.




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