The Advantages Offered by Glass Immersion Aquarium Heaters

Probably you are wondering why a lot of hobbyists are turning to glass-immersion aquarium heaters. Why are they choosing this particular type of heater, anyway? Before we turn to the benefits offered by glass-immersion aquarium heaters, let us first look at other heaters that you can use for your tank. Why do this? Well, this could provide you with a few other heaters to compare the glass-immersion ones with.

One way in which you can keep your tank warm is by placing a heated mat underneath it. While this sounds like a great idea at first, remember that glass is not such a great heat conductor. This means that the heat that the mat is generating does not really manage to get through the glass barrier and into the tank. The mat could probably work for smaller tanks with slimmer glass as there are companies that do manufacture it.

Under gravel heating is another way of warming up your tank. The flexible heating cable is buried under the substrate as the name of the heating technique suggests. This heating setup is recommended for tanks that have lots of plants.

Now, we go back to glass immersion Aquarium heaters. These heaters are still the most popular. They can be equipped with the most advanced features, such as an adjustable thermostat that not only detects the current temperature but also activates the heating part in order for the tank water to achieve its ideal temperature. As its name suggests, such as a heater is an immersion style heater.

This means that most of these models of Aquarium heaters can be fully submerged under water, without you worrying about them getting defective. These heaters are mostly designed to be submersible to be right where they are very much needed. The heating element is not separated from water by glass.

A glass immersion heater is made up of a glass tube that contains a heating element that is wrapped around either glass or a ceramic insert. Some models come with sand. The heater's thermostat is usually a bimetallic strip. The two metals in the thermostat expand at varying rates. Because of this, the strip bends. This strip is the one tasked to carry the current but it is also the one that breaks the current once the right temperature is achieved.

You also have a choice of more advanced heaters that make use of microchips. This way, you can be assured of accuracy and stable temperatures.