Re: [APD] Substrate Heating

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

I doubt that you will find any diff using o not using
substrate coils versus any other method of heating the
aquarium. It might be slightly more energy efficient to
heat the substrate and allow convection to heat the rest of
the aquarium, but the water currents are enough, normally,
to keep the tank heated evenly.

If you're worried about the substrate being too cold, if
your tank sits over an open-bottom stand, you can place
some insulation under the tank.


Scott H.
--- ian flores <URVILLE at peoplepc_com> wrote:

> Wouldnt say a heating pad, or terrarium heating pad
> affixed on the outside of the glass do the exact same
> thing as a substrate heating coil? or is there a
> significance to it's being directly in the substrate? it
> seems to me little would be different in this scenario
> excpt maybe the amount of heat needed, maybe not even
> that? isnt the amount of heat needed to create the
> convection currents relatively low? and i do use sand
> which i believe distributes heat evenly and easily?
> so many ?'s in my posts hehe
> ian
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