cornelius85 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 I am a canister filter user. Intake on one corner and outlet on the other, aimed towards center of the front glass. As Cory mentioned several times the benefits of using an airstone I decided to run one. But no matter what I do where ever I place the air stone, I am having problems with my heater. Sometimes it never goes on or other times it keeps on working. When I shut the air stone, heater operates as it is supposed to and my temps stays where they should. I think it affects the flow. Where can I put it so everything should work as they supposed to. Below isht photo of my tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted December 13, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 13, 2020 This sounds like more of a problem with your header instead of your air stone. You should be able to have flow all around your aquarium and the temps be similar and the heater not have problems. Do you have a top on the aquarium? What size tank to heater ratio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornelius85 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 @cory Yes I do have a top on the aquarium. Ratio is 200 liters/200 watts. Like I said if turn off the airstone it works just fine. I really dont get what is causing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Maybe the powerbar cant take both outlets, like maybe you have too many outlets plugged in?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Burke Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 If I read you right, you are saying when running an air stone, the heater either lets the temp get too high ow drop too low. when it does not come on, how cold does the tank get? when it stays on, how warm before u pull chocks on the air pump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornelius85 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 It is normally set to 25degrees (celcius). And due too room temperature it only works once a day at night (rest of the day tank is stable at 25 without heater) Sometimes I woke up as low as 23,5 degrees and as high as 26 degrees (I had to shut it manually) I realized the airstone was the culprit just recently. As I needed the airpump on another tank. I did contacted the manufacturer to sent the heater to be replaced. But now I am torn, they'll test it and it'll work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornelius85 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, James Black said: Maybe the powerbar cant take both outlets, like maybe you have too many outlets plugged in?? I dont think that is the case. Air pump uses 2 watss, heater is 200 watts, filter is another 15 watts. During daytime a 1200 watt gaming pc is also running on the same outlet. Never tripped a circuit. Edited December 13, 2020 by cornelius85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 I think your heater is defective I would replace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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