So I've had just about every type of heater, and Ive also had every type of heater fail on me in one form or another...

To start, I keep two 300watt heaters "running" in the return section of my sump, one is run by my finnex temp controler, the other runs on its own and is set to a lower threshold.

My longest lasting, surprisingly, has been a marineland glass tube heater, but tonight i noticed the temp was 80 and the thing was still on.. looked closer and it was starting to get some condensation inside.. I pulled the top plastic section out of the water, turned it down and it turned off, but to me this thing needs to be replaced before something bad happens.
  • Ive tried the glass tube kind, lasted the longest
  • currently also have a plastic "stealth" model, it seems to be doing well but its relatively new
  • I had a plastic / epoxy stealth model that worked for awhile then popped the GFCI after about an hour of being plugged in.
  • I tried the titanium finnex element which was supposedly good, only lasted about a year and outright quit on me


so does anyone have a recommendation for a heater that isn't a piece of garbage? I cant depend on my lights to heat the tank this winter so I will need to replace the half-malfunctioning one.