Heater

Niki2105 · 07-31-2005, 09:26 AM

I have an old heater that hangs on the back of my tank so is straight down into the water. Max noticed it in one of my pictures and has asked me my it is not on an angle. Well it only goes one way ... straight.. lol. So now I am curious is there anything wrong with having a heater hang straight or should it be on an angle? If so I guess I will have to go out and buy a new one.

mrmoby · 07-31-2005, 09:45 AM

Well.....I have always had mine straight up and down, and they have always worked fine, I don't know why having it an angle would make any difference anyway.

BTW......I went to PEI for a vacation, and had a great time. I think we may go back this year it was so nice. We even made some new friends....

AshleytheGreat · 07-31-2005, 10:22 AM

Lobster is over-rated.

shev · 07-31-2005, 10:50 AM

Never had lobster, not too many sea food places here.

I've read putting your heater at a 45 degree angle or more will help to keep it from over heating itself or something... but you dont have much of a choice with the unsubmersible kind.

**fish_doc** · 07-31-2005, 12:51 PM

If it is a older heater it probably clips on the back of the edge of the tank. Seeing how Niki said there is only one way to use it that is my guess.
There are benefits to having your heater at a angle as shev said it keeps itself from overheating. One way this happens is heat rises. This means the element at the bottom of the heater raises the water temp. Then the warmer water raises to the upper part of the heater where the electronics are stored. We all know how heat and electronics get along. By putting it at a angle the water circulates througout the tank and not up to the electronics.

mlefev · 07-31-2005, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by AshleytheGreat

Lobster is over-rated.

So I'm not the only person that thinks that way. I like shrimp, scallops, and fish (no, not the aquarium variety...lol), but every time I have lobster, I'm dissappointed.

As far as the heater, mine is straight up and down also, and I don't see that it would make any difference. As long as it's into the tank to the water line, it seems like it would work fine.

fishfreaks · 07-31-2005, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AshleytheGreat

Lobster is over-rated.

No way!! not IMO if you cook it right, its fabulous

**Baby_Baby** · 07-31-2005, 06:19 PM

ya. lobster rocks! lol.

Niki2105 · 07-31-2005, 08:21 PM

Ok thanks it should be alright then but i may look into a new one this one is probally 3 or 4 years old and i only used it casue i had nothing else at teh time.

LOL Lobster is sooooooo good , how can someone not like it. And them lobsters in the picture look really good yummy lol.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-31-2005, 08:23 PM

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Never had lobster, not too many sea food places here.

lol... know what? I'm now away from seafood... After that food poisoning :S

blakeoe · 07-31-2005, 08:49 PM

Yall should try the lobsters' miniature cousin the crawfish! ooooohhhweeee sha' das som good stuff

shev · 07-31-2005, 09:10 PM

crayfish smell awful.

AshleytheGreat · 07-31-2005, 09:42 PM

I was at a chinese resturant and i had a crayfish, I dont even think it was cooked. It was just laying all spread out on the table with all its brothers an sisters. It was neat cause u had to literally disect him to eat it. So cool...to bad I almost threw it up. But as for the lobster idk its good but not worth it, plus when i was a young grasshopper my mum cooked alive on for my fasha all by herself...It was so hard watching a live thing being thrown into a pot of boiling water.

ABOUT the heater!! LMAO! fish_doc has a good point...but mine is pointing down.

07-31-2005, 09:26 AM	#1
Niki2105 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PEI, Canada Age: 24 Posts: 196	Heater I have an old heater that hangs on the back of my tank so is straight down into the water. Max noticed it in one of my pictures and has asked me my it is not on an angle. Well it only goes one way ... straight.. lol. So now I am curious is there anything wrong with having a heater hang straight or should it be on an angle? If so I guess I will have to go out and buy a new one. __________________ 10 Gallon 60 Gallon Tank

07-31-2005, 09:45 AM	#2
mrmoby Devout Heathen Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Waterville, ME Age: 36 Posts: 527	Well.....I have always had mine straight up and down, and they have always worked fine, I don't know why having it an angle would make any difference anyway. BTW......I went to PEI for a vacation, and had a great time. I think we may go back this year it was so nice. We even made some new friends.... __________________ Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.- Siddhartha Gautama

07-31-2005, 10:22 AM	#3
AshleytheGreat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mi Town Posts: 785	Lobster is over-rated. __________________ So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this malarkey with any sort of further response.

07-31-2005, 12:51 PM	#5
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,825	If it is a older heater it probably clips on the back of the edge of the tank. Seeing how Niki said there is only one way to use it that is my guess. There are benefits to having your heater at a angle as shev said it keeps itself from overheating. One way this happens is heat rises. This means the element at the bottom of the heater raises the water temp. Then the warmer water raises to the upper part of the heater where the electronics are stored. We all know how heat and electronics get along. By putting it at a angle the water circulates througout the tank and not up to the electronics. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

07-31-2005, 06:19 PM	#8
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	ya. lobster rocks! lol. __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

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07-31-2005, 10:50 AM	#4
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	Never had lobster, not too many sea food places here. I've read putting your heater at a 45 degree angle or more will help to keep it from over heating itself or something... but you dont have much of a choice with the unsubmersible kind.

07-31-2005, 08:21 PM	#9
Niki2105 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PEI, Canada Age: 24 Posts: 196	Ok thanks it should be alright then but i may look into a new one this one is probally 3 or 4 years old and i only used it casue i had nothing else at teh time. LOL Lobster is sooooooo good , how can someone not like it. And them lobsters in the picture look really good yummy lol. __________________ 10 Gallon 60 Gallon Tank

07-31-2005, 08:49 PM	#11
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	Yall should try the lobsters' miniature cousin the crawfish! ooooohhhweeee sha' das som good stuff __________________ 1) Labidochromis "Mbamba" / (dogtooth?) 1) "Electric" yellow Lab 2) Clown Loaches 2) Kuhli Loaches 1) Auratus 1) Johanni 1) Rainbow 1) Nimbochromis Venustus

07-31-2005, 09:10 PM	#12
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	crayfish smell awful.

07-31-2005, 09:42 PM	#13
AshleytheGreat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mi Town Posts: 785	I was at a chinese resturant and i had a crayfish, I dont even think it was cooked. It was just laying all spread out on the table with all its brothers an sisters. It was neat cause u had to literally disect him to eat it. So cool...to bad I almost threw it up. But as for the lobster idk its good but not worth it, plus when i was a young grasshopper my mum cooked alive on for my fasha all by herself...It was so hard watching a live thing being thrown into a pot of boiling water. ABOUT the heater!! LMAO! fish_doc has a good point...but mine is pointing down. __________________ So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this malarkey with any sort of further response.

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