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Aquarium Supplies    Heaters and Thermometers
HeatersHeaters
Rock pools accepted, marine environments have very little temperature fluctuation because their volume is so. This means that great heating is an essential for the successful marine aquarium. Here at tropical and Marine we stock a range of heaters you will always be able to rely on. You will indeed be able to fit and forget.
ThermometersThermometers
Sadly, you can't rely on heater settings to tell you the temperature in your setup. In summer, the temperature in your aquarium can rise well beyond the set temperature and you need to be able to monitor the situation reliably using a good thermometer. A decent thermometer is the best early warning system you can have and ideally should be viewable from across the room for easy temperature confirmation.





Good heating is an aquarium essential.

Many heaters now come with an extended warranty period, often 2 or 3 years, whilst the excellent Visitherm has an unrivalled 5 year warranty.

For larger setups, it makes a lot of sense to have two smaller heaters: one set a couple of degrees cooler than the other so that if the temperature in the aquarium suddenly falls, both heaters can begin to work together. If one heater fails, the aquarium can "limp" along on just the one heater until a replacement can be obtained.

Marine fish come from the largest, most stable environment on the planet. Some two thirds of the earths surface is covered in sea water and this means that marine fish have very little ability to adapt to environmental change becasuse they have never required it.

Take care to choose a heater for your marine setup with excellent temperature regulaton. A constantly changing temperature will not suit any tropical marine life. In this context we particulary recommend the excellent Tronic heater from Hagen with it's solid state temperature sensor, or the superb Visitherm which has kept aquariums at a stable temperature for the last twenty years and is accompanied by the industry leading 5 year warranty.

No matter how good your heater is, a decent themometer remains an essential piece of kit. Heaters fail and aquariums overheat and your thermometer is an essential early warning device.

Some, such as the Hagen Aquaminder, go a step further by sounding an audible alarm if the aquarium temperature goes beyond preset limits.

Since it's very easy to build up a livestock collection worth hundreds, or even thousands of pounds, the extra spent on a smart electronic thermometer can easily be seen to be a small price to pay for peace of mind.

If you need a heater in a hurry, do please call us. We offer same day, emergency despatch if you find your self with a heater that no longer heats

   
  
   
  
   
  
   
  
   
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