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Old 12/30/2007, 08:55 PM
Fishbulb2 Fishbulb2 is offline
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Depends a bit on on how much temp differential you expect between the room temp in the aquarium. All I can really do is give you my experience. My 250W heater is set at 80 degrees on my 50 gallon system. My room temp dips to about 60 degrees or slightly lower at night (we don't use our heating) and my heater cannot keep the tank at 80. So the temp drops to about 78. Not a big deal but the point is that i'm clearly on the edge of heating with a 250W heater on 60 gallons trying to increase temp by 20 degree. So think about how much you actually need to heat (in terms of degree differential).
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