DIY Heater

[IHaveCrabs]

My spare heater crapped out on me..

How do you heat WC water without a heater??

This is how. Home Depot light, bucket, and a piece of glass haha.

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...I'm buying a new heater tomorrow


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[madjoe]

Lol ive never heated my water change water ever .

 

[trackfast]

If it were an emergency I would use the microwave. lol

 

[#theMatrix]

I was told once to place the bucket by a vent in your house. During the winter.

 

[jrpark22000]

I've never heated WC water either. My tank temp drop 1.5deg at most even with a 25% WC in the depth of winter.

 

[madjoe]

I've never heated WC water either. My tank temp drop 1.5deg at most even with a 25% WC in the depth of winter.

Same here

 

[IHaveCrabs]

Good to know.

Thanks everyone. This was fresh from the Rodi unit at at a solid 58 degrees so I was worried that the cold water blowing on my SPS would do them harm.

I just let it sit over night to at least get to room temperature.

 

[Venom]

You could put the bucket in the sink with warm water works good

 

[madjoe]

Good to know.

Thanks everyone. This was fresh from the Rodi unit at at a solid 58 degrees so I was worried that the cold water blowing on my SPS would do them harm.

I just let it sit over night to at least get to room temperature.

What i do is just ryn a pump to mix the salt over night that gets temperature up ive never had any issues 58 is cold though so definitely get to room temp

 

[carpetreef75]

I've never heated WC water either. My tank temp drop 1.5deg at most even with a 25% WC in the depth of winter.

Same here , never seen a reason to heat it up

 

[superchargedgp]

How are you measuring salinity with it being cold?



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[madjoe]

How are you measuring salinity with it being cold?



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I just got use to it if i go to 1.024 ends up being 1.026

 

[jrpark22000]

How are you measuring salinity with it being cold?
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AutoTempCompensation on my salinity meter

 

[superchargedgp]

So the atc on my refractometer would compensate for the temp difference?

 

[Paulip]

I wonder if an immersion heater, like they sell on Amazon, is reef safe. Some are coated with Aluminum. Attached is the top selling nickel plated brass unit. These things work fast. You have to hang it over a pipe or else it could melt your bucket.

Over time, the metal coating has been known to come off. However, our use is not that intense since we are not boiling the water. Unless of course, your heating a hundred gallons or so.

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[jrpark22000]

I wonder if an immersion heater, like they sell on Amazon, is reef safe. Some are coated with Aluminum. Attached is the top selling nickel plated brass unit. These things work fast. You have to hang it over a pipe or else it could melt your bucket.
Over time, the metal coating has been known to come off. However, our use is not that intense since we are not boiling the water. Unless of course, your heating a hundred gallons or so.
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I wonder if there's any trace copper in them.