Tetra Aquatic Reptile Heater, 100 Watt Review

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(More customer reviews)First of all, let me address some of the concerns mentioned here in other reviews.The heater is preset to warm your tank to 73 degrees.That may or may not seem like a huge difference to you depending on how warm you keep your home, where the tank is located and if the warmth of the basking light is helping to warm things up.This heater is meant to take the chill out of the water, not to "keep it warm".It's not meant for that and that is not what the turtle is looking for.
Secondly, I have had great success with ours...EXCEPT (my OWN fault!)....when changing my turtles water, somehow my son plugged in the heater when the heater was not completely submerged.Huge problem in that it fizzled, sparked and popped - umm not good.It does say it in the directions, but they don't really ever say what will happen if you plug it in early. Of course, common sense should dictate, but last night it did not.I spent hours cleaning out the new tank AGAIN and now I am back to buy another!
The plastic housing is great! Only once has my monster of a red eared slider been able to open it. She does manage to knock it loose once in awhile though!It's all good!!
Overall...I would buy again. I am buying again. I would recommend this for others as well!

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This compact, submersible 100-watt heater is specially-designed for aquatic reptile viquariums.Specially designed for aquatic reptile viquariums, this compact, submersible 100-watt heater features a protective cover to keep your pets safe while maintaining an optimum 78-degree temperature, and an extra long 8-foot cord that easily adapts to any direction, allowing a more custom fit to your viquarium.

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"Marineland Penguin 200B/350B/170B/330B Rite-Size C Filter Cartridge 6 pk " Review

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(More customer reviews)The Penguin Bio-wheel pumps are great: quiet, effective and long-lasting. (I have a 170 filter in a 39 gallon tank.) These size C filters are widely available, but the Amazon price is much lower than at my not-so-nearby pet store.

A word of warning. The day after changing my filter three months ago fish started dying. Next morning my 6" long Plecostomus was dead. Then three Clown Loaches, each about 5 " long. Within a week I had lost 18 of my 20 fish. Yet there was no sign of disease.

A water test and much internet searching finally pointed out what I had done wrong. I had neglected my tank for a few weeks. In a rush to catch up, I siphoned out about 30 percent of the water (more than usual), did a "better" than usual job of siphoning up detritus from the gravel. Then - my biggest mistake - I replaced the Penguin filter too! The result is the water chemistry changed too quickly. The Nitrates spiked to a deadly level. My tank, healthy for more than two years, needed to be started over. Took two months and many water changes before I could safely add new fish.

I visited perhaps a dozen "fish forums" and only one had a comment saying "don't change filters when you do a water change.' The Penguin filters and the box they come in carry no warnings. What I (and you) should do is simple: space your water changes and filter changes a week or two apart.

Now knowing how important the "aged" filter is (especially in a tank like mine with no under gravel filter) I've started this habit: there's just enough space to get a second filter flat against the old filter. After a couple of weeks, I remove the older filter and put the newer one - by now doing some biological filtering - in its place. That way the tank is never depending on only a new filter. For larger tanks (say 55 gal and up), the 330 or 350 Penguin pump holds two filters side by side, so just change one filter at a time.

Hope this helps you avoid the disaster that hit my tank

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The Marineland Penguin Filter Cartridges are preassembled and filter water through a double thick polyfiber pad that traps more waste and dirt particles than conventional filter cartridges. The cartridge is packed with super-efficient pure Magnum Activated Carbon, so it keeps working long after most carbons stop to absorb harmful pollutants which discolor aquarium water and cause unwanted odors. It' better than a separate bag. The patented ribbed back design evenly distributes carbon for maximum water-to-carbon contact. No "tea bag" effect...just crystal clear, crystal clean water. Performs mechanical and chemical filtration.

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