Heater Too Powerful?

[Cheez]

Hey, I want to get a Hydor in-line heater to use with my Eheim 2215 canister filter with my 26 gallon tank. However, the lowest wattage on a hydor heater I've seen is 200w. Is this too powerful for my 26g tank?

 

[truetotexas]

hey man i just found this... hope this helps!!!

http/freshaquarium.about.com/cs/tipsandt...lheatersize.htm

 

[Cheez]

Is there any harm done in too powerful of a heater?

 

[truetotexas]

im not 100 percent sure... but if your room is very cold then i would say a higher power heater wouldnt be bad... but im a noob so you might wanna wait a bit for a more experienced answer....

 

[helterskelter]

The thing is some times heaters stick on and if it's to large it will cook the fish.
The suggested size will usually give you 10 hours or more before the water gets to a lethal level.
If you dubble the size of the wattage the heat cant be dispersed as quickly, so could be to a lethal level in just a couple of hours.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

heaters are thermostat controlled so when they are working normally then there's no problem, it'll switch on and off when the temp rises and drops around the temp you set it too, it'll just be a lot quicker to heat the water up on a smaller tank.

The problem does come in as OldMan say's if the equipment malfunctions and gets stuck in the 'on' position, the whole tank would boil very very quickly.

Up to you if you're prepared to take that chance or not.

 

[helterskelter]

The problem does come in as OldMan say's if the equipment malfunctions and gets stuck in the 'on' position, the whole tank would boil very very quickly.

LOL less of the Oldman plz I'm only 30

 

[Ian H]

I'm pretty sure these heaters can't get stuck on? i can't remember why but im 90% sure this is the case?

It's the Hydor in-line heater th OP is talking about not a normal in tank heater.

200W on a 26g sounds fine to me

 

[Miss Wiggle]

The problem does come in as OldMan say's if the equipment malfunctions and gets stuck in the 'on' position, the whole tank would boil very very quickly.

LOL less of the Oldman plz I'm only 30

oooops! sorry helterskelter, thought that post was from OldMan47 for some reason.......

 

[helterskelter]

If it's a digital switch it will not stick on. it will just stop working oneday.

lol i guesses that