Fluval "E" Series Heaters

[fischfan13]

When you go onto Hagen's Website this is what it says about the Fluval "E" Series Heater...

Simply the most technologically advanced heaters available today, the Fluval E series advanced electronic aquarium heater with VueTech technology delivers peace of mind by continuously displaying real time water temperature. Equipped with an advanced digital microprocessor monitoring system with dual temperature sensors, the E series continuously monitors and displays aquarium water temperature, ensuring the well-being of your aquarium inhabitants.

Save your money. As I have read elsewhere, ECC included, this heater is flawed throughout.
I recently tried one of these heaters on a 55g. A good heater that is rated @ 200 watts should keep a 55g at a comfortable temp, even for African-Keepers. Well this "E" Series that I tried was a 300w heater...good for tanks up to 90g, IMO.
The previous heater had stopped, and the temp had dropped down to the upper 60's. I set the "E" Series in the tank, and 20 mins later plugged it in...setting the temperature at 74f. 24 hours later and the tank was at 71f, so I set the heater at 76.5f. Two days later and the tank is at 71.5f.
Awful.
I have since replaced it with a Marineland Visi-therm.

 

[minifoot77]

i loved my marinelands now i'm still looking for a good heater... i went to hot last night on my way back from the meeting and bought an ebo-jeger and two deep blue heat sticks and one of the blues was cracked... back to hot for me

 

[Leffler817]

That sucks the Deep blue was cracked!?! I had heard good things about them but did not know HOT sold them. I just got one online and paid for shipping. I too loved my Marineland heaters. I never had a problem even the the ones that were recalled.

 

[Avatar]

I 've had good results from Deep Blue...

...and they're really really cheap online as are the Fluval M series that also seem to be performing well. Of course they all work well until they don't, but I'm running about a dozen of each with no issues as yet in over a year. Remains to be seen if there as durable over the long haul as Jaegers generally are but they're certainly less expensive.

 

[bschuhart]

All the Jäger heaters I bought in the last 2 years have failed. Even the one I bought 6 months ago. Not like the EboJagers that would work for 20+ years, still have a few of those.

 

[Hawkman2000]

I have been running ViaAqua Quartz heaters on 3 tanks for 3 weeks now with no problems. Very inexpensive as well.

 

[londonloco]

I also loved my Stealth's until I turned them in, I never had a problem with them, but the idea of one of them exploding was way more than I wanted to chance. I am a firm believer in "all heaters suck". I now have a stash of various sizes, various brands, NIB, I buy them when I see them on sale. Haven't found one I'd recommend yet.