I know this tank doesn't come with a heater, will I need one for tropical fish?
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I think it's best to keep the water at a steady temp when it comes to tropical fish.
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Yes you will most likely need to purchase a heater. Google the water requirements for the type of fish you will be keeping. Even if your water is normally warm enough a heater is good as a backup for cold days to make sure it stays even. Fish won't like drastic changes in the temp. I have cichlid and they like the temp 79-82degress f
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When I used to have it (upgraded to a large tank so I don't have it anymore), it didn't get the bowl warm at all, just the water inside the bowl.Also I'm pretty sure the instructions said it must be fully submerged in water for use.If you want the one outside try checking out the reptile heating pads, those can be on outside.
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I don't believe so. Mainly these mini heaters are intended for 1 gallon tanks and up, anything smaller will cook whatever you have in there. I think you'll be fine without one. I keep my Betta's in gallon cylinder glass containers in room temp and sometimes colder and they are perfectly fine.
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no, you'll need to buy one; mine is hooked up to the household propane so I didn't need a tank. Plus the cost of shipping a tank is outraegous
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Hi Kathy, This a great tank but it runs HOT. When I first set up the tank the temp was 82 F. This is too hot for fish. I added a Coralife chiller ($500) and now the temp can be controlled at 78 F. This is the only drawback I have found with the system. I have two power heads to improve circulation and the fish (1 clown and 1 coral beauty) seem to enjoy the extra current. I purchased my rock and substrate from Tampa Bay Salt Water (liverock@tbsaltwater.com). They use their web site for all correspondence and their product and support is first rate. I hope this helps in your decision process. Hi Kathy, This a great tank but it runs HOT. When I first set up the tank the temp was 82 F. This is too hot for fish. I added a Coralife chiller ($500) and now the temp can be controlled at 78 F. This is the only drawback I have found with the system. I have two power heads to improve circulation and the fish (1 clown and 1 coral beauty) seem to enjoy the extra current. I purchased my rock and substrate from Tampa Bay Salt Water (liverock@tbsaltwater.com). They use their web site for all correspondence and their product and support is first rate. I hope this helps in your decision... » Read More Hi Kathy, This a great tank but it runs HOT. When I first set up the tank the temp was 82 F. This is too hot for fish. I added a Coralife chiller ($500) and now the temp can be controlled at 78 F. This is the only drawback I have found with the system. I have two power heads to improve circulation and the fish (1 clown and 1 coral beauty) seem to enjoy the extra current. I purchased my rock and substrate from Tampa Bay Salt Water (liverock@tbsaltwater.com). They use their web site for all correspondence and their product and support is first rate. I hope this helps in your decision process. « Show Less
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Yes, as long as that is the only heat source. Make sure to have a thermometer in the tank too.
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I just leave the heater plugged in. I have a gallon tank and it stays at the right temp range of 80 to 85 degrees. I don't think this heater would be good for a smaller tank, it would get too hot. I hope this helped. This heater is great... bought it over a year ago and it's still working.
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Yes, but monitor the temperature very closely, I'm guessing your getting a Betta. If so the temperature should be around 80 degrees. I've been a fish keeper for years and my opinion would be get atleast a gallon tank. Half gallon is a bit too small for anything. My philosophy on fish tanks is get the biggest tank within your budget and space and save later before you realize you got too small of a tank for what you want.
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No heater. But that wasn't an issue for me, as I live in Texas, and the problem here is keeping the tank cool. :-) LOVE the easy-access port all the way across the front of the top.
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Hi. In all honesty i don't know what heaters to use precisely, because the fish that i get don't really need the hearter. I avoid getting high maintenance fish for this tank. I figure its small and simple. So if i was you, i wouldn't get expensive fish. The fish i have is 1 albino pleco, 5neon barbs, 5zebras skinny fish.Thats it. &the; tank looks great. They alive since jan 2014.
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I bought a Marina C10 Submersible Aquarium Heater, 10W. It works fantasticly. I put it inside the white tube, behide the filtersthere is plenty of room and it fits just right. The temp. stay constant and my betta LOVE this Aquarium.
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The tank is made to grow coral . With that being said if you just add the white led I still don't think there will be enough light . It comes with dual bulbs so you can take out one and it shouldn't get too hot . Plus the tank comes with light fan to cool it down .i'm growing coral with mine and I don't have heat problems . The problem that you will have is with all the lights you will grow alge . Good for reef bad for fresh water .
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The Fluval c2 power filter advertises that it has a ceramic heater core... unless its built in somewhere inside, its not visable period. so with that said, i still had my glass tube style heater and continue to use it with the power filter as i doubt that something i can not even see will heat the 20 gallon long tank enough for that fish i have.
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I was not able to get it to heat a 20 gal or a 10 gal, so I have it in a 5 gal tank and it still doesn't heat to the level it states it will. I put it in a smaller tank with some fish that don't have to have the water temperature to be maintained at over 75, so it's working find in that situation. I suggest getting a submersible heater that allows you to adjust the heat to the temperature you want, that's what I now have in both of my larger tanks now and I was very disappointed when this one wouldn't/couldn't keep up with at least a 10 gal tank. Good Luck!
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You will need the small for 10to20 gal tanks. Connect it to a reptile thermostat to keep the temp up. I keep leopard geckos bluetongue skinks and many more species and that's how I use them... rm temp is around 70to73° and the thermostat is set for my aid animals at 92° and for my tropical and temperate animals at 80 to 88° thermostats are key to success.
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The Catalina Titanium Heater 500 Watt is for aquarium. There is no available heater for an outdoor pond so far.
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I wouldn't recommend it, I used it for a 3 gal tank and it heated it to almost 78-80 degrees sometimes. Luckily I had a thermometer on the outside side of the tank so I just unplugged it if it got too warm. I just had one Beta fish in the tank, if you have any other fish other than a goldfish or a guppy I would definitely try to get a bigger tank so you can put a heater in it :) Hope this helps!