| Well, I’m sure that some of you new aquarists | | | | good circulation can be achieved. This way, heated |
| out there already know about the necessary | | | | water from these areas could easily flow around the |
| accessories to be put in an aquarium, or to be | | | | tank, heating it, as well as easing the circulation |
| specific, in tropical aquariums. The heater is one of | | | | method. |
| the necessary items that are vital to any tropical | | | | Heat Circulation in a Liquid |
| aquarium, because it regulates the freshwater | | | | If you need a more in depth explanation for this |
| aquarium temperature, making it a more or less | | | | technique, it’s relatively simple. Liquids, by |
| exact replica of a tropical fish’s natural habitat, | | | | themselves, are just like any other kind of matter in |
| enabling it to do the activities it normally would on | | | | the universe. They contain mass in equated amounts |
| natural conditions. However, proper methods of | | | | throughout the solution. Heating one area of the liquid |
| placing this important item also have a considerable | | | | doesn’t necessarily raise the temperature of the |
| significance, if you want to achieve the full effect of | | | | whole liquid, because you’re just raising the |
| this important aquarium accessory. | | | | temperature of that specific area where the heater |
| Factors Affecting Heater Efficiency | | | | is. |
| There are several factors according to which the | | | | The reason why the whole liquid gets heated over |
| efficiency of an aquarium heater can be rated. Some | | | | time is because the warmer part of the liquid rises, |
| consider the overall wattage of the unit; others | | | | allowing the cooler liquid to flow downwards, and |
| consider the actual temperature setting, and still | | | | then the cooler water gets heated, making it rise |
| others suggest the use of multiple heaters in a single | | | | again and allowing the next “batch” of cooler |
| fish tank. However, the proper placement of the | | | | liquid to go down and get heated. This process is |
| heater in the aquarium is one criterion that, in my | | | | repeated until a uniform temperature is achieved. |
| opinion, should not be missed, regardless of the size, | | | | The water in an aquarium works the same way, but |
| the volume, and the general population of aquatic life | | | | because of the relatively large volume of water |
| in the aquarium. | | | | present in these kind of liquid containers, waiting for |
| Proper Placement Means Finding the Overall Water | | | | the water to circulate by itself by just letting the |
| FlowIf you want a generic place to place the heater | | | | heater do all the work just isn’t practical, plus |
| for maximum freshwater aquarium temperature | | | | you risk stressing the fish when the water is not |
| control, find a good spot where the water flows | | | | heated enough at a certain period of time. This is |
| abundantly. This place could either be an inlet or | | | | why proper placement of the heater is as equally |
| outlet from other mechanical sources - such as a | | | | important as the other criteria, and besides, if it’s |
| filter -, from spots where water would usually flow | | | | something for the betterment of your fish, |
| (like the area around a power head or any other | | | | wouldn’t you try following a helpful advice |
| commercial aquarium water pump), or from any other | | | | anyway? |
| source where water would usually flow, as long as | | | | |