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holy cow!!!!!!!!!!! i am in sheer awwwwww my other heater finally kicked the bucket and i have one heater now on my 90 gal and it is keeping the temp and has been keeping the temp steady at 82'. i thought the thermonitor was busted b/c there is no way it could be heating this huge tank all by its lonesome, man was i wrong. i took it out and ran it under cold water till it hit about 70' and then ran it under hot untill it hit well over 90'. and it is on the other side of the tank. it is on the left and the therem. is on the right. i am sooooooooo suprised and happy all at the same time. yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am happy lil' redneck tonight!!!!

Originally posted by caboose
holy cow!!!!!!!!!!! i am in sheer awwwwww my other heater finally kicked the bucket and i have one heater now on my 90 gal and it is keeping the temp and has been keeping the temp steady at 82'. i thought the thermonitor was busted b/c there is no way it could be heating this huge tank all by its lonesome, man was i wrong. i took it out and ran it under cold water till it hit about 70' and then ran it under hot untill it hit well over 90'. and it is on the other side of the tank. it is on the left and the therem. is on the right. i am sooooooooo suprised and happy all at the same time. yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am happy lil' redneck tonight!!!!

Hi Caboose Cichlid Queen! First, cows are not holy. Secondly, this is a fish forum, not a cattle forum!! Just joking.
How many watts is the single heater that's left, and what kind of filtration do you have? I'm thinking that if your water is being circulated around well enough, and the heater is at least 200W in a room that is "room" temperature, then the one would be enough. --Mark:cool:

hey mark, no its only a 200watt heater and i only have a 30-60 filter on my tank right now. i still owe some ppl some money, and since i lost my job at the wonderful wal-mart(i hope it burns to the ground):eek: i cant get the emperor 400 and 800 i was getting, my dad says he is going to help me out. but my aunt is a nurse and she thinks that 72' is hot!!!!!! so i am thanking God that some how that tank is staying that warm! and since the algee is getting bad again the light has been off alot here recently so i know it is not the light contributing to the heat? i am just blessed on this one i guess, and my tank is in the living room where it stays nice, never really cold and never too hot and muggey, so hopefuly that is whats helping my tank out.