Grrrrrr aquarium heaters

[Lisa]

I thought about doing that trevor but i'm not sure i wanna expend that kind of $ for 8 corn eggs... maybe if i were breeding something like het for fur piebald spider balls.

[V.hb]

Hey Jeff, did you use the aquarium heater style to hatch out your acantharus? I found it way too humid?

[Jeff_Favelle]

So the Helix would also shut the unit off if it was overheating, right? A wafer thermostat could also be set up to do the same thing.

Yeah, or the Helix can be set as the low temp (89F) and the aquarium heater can be calibrated as the high temp (90F). Doesn't matter. I use the Helix as the back up.

I doubt a wafer thermostat could be used unless it has a probe that can be submersed. I regulate the temperature of the water. If you regulate the temp of the eggs, the water can continue to heat up if say you open the incubator and let cool air in over the eggs. Then before you know it, you've got an air temp of 95F because the thermostat told the heater that the air was cold (which it was, but air heats and cools down super fast when compared to water, eggs, brick, etc etc).

Have you spent the $150 to get the "Eliminator", to use as back up. When you have $30,000 worth of eggs in there, it is worth it.

No man, I live in BC!! We have TOO MUCH power! Our green is even called "hydro" man! Ha ha. No power outs here in decades......not to mention when I turned my incubator off in November last year, it took 3 days to go down like 4 degrees F. No need at this point in time to worry about that.

Hey Jeff, did you use the aquarium heater style to hatch out your acantharus? I found it way too humid?

Nope. Heat tape on a helix. Not an aquarium heater.

[latazyo]

aquarium heaters have thermostats in them already

my only experience with visitherm involved the heater exploding with no fish in the tank, so I know a fish didn't just hit it

[Scales Zoo]

Did not know the Helix probe was submersable, you make a very good point about a thermostat that isn't submerged - thanks for clearing that up.

Ryan

[meow_mix450]

I highly suggest tonic! I own a few fish tanks, and they are perfect, ive been using one for over a year now and have no probems with it. The cheap walmart ones are not worth it trust me. Better off to get a desent one to start off with. They sell them in watts, i bet you knew that already, the higher the watt the fast the water gets warmed up. Also if it gets to warm it shuts off, so its always conistent(sp)

Good luck

Meow

[marisa]

I ended up going with the Ebo Jager...it is working AMAZING!

I am using only the 50 watt as well. It's kept it at a perfect 83.7F the entire time so far, even on cooler nights with a near by window open, etc. This aquarium heater has a dial with a temp range in degrees going up to 88F I believe. So, so far in both my fish tanks and my little incubator, this heater is A+

Marisa

[Slannesh]

Just as an FYI I just bought 2 200w Tronic heaters from Ebay for 12.99 US each. add shipping and I think I ended up paying about $40 Canadian for both. The PJ's pets near my house sells them for $45 each so I basically got them for half price. Both are brand new and in the box as well.