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I have a 75 gallon system with about 14 tilapia in It, I have 1 100 watt heater and a 300 watt heater for aquariums that are working fine now but with winter coming I am going to have to get something more hardcore, what kinds of heaters do yall recommend?

I just need the temp to stay around 60 degrees (15 C)

average temp in the winter here in southern new mexico is about 45 degrees ( 7 C ) with some nights dropping under 32 degrees ( 0 C )

This is for my 75 gallon system ( 282 L) with about 80 gallons ( 302 L ) of filtration

Thank yall for your input

Im looking for a electrical heater

I used just a collection of aquarium heaters to keep my tilapia warm, ended up with maybe four or five by the time it was all said and done. The thermostats on aquarium heaters are incredibly unreliable - I got rid of at least a couple that would turn on and never turn off, heating the water too much. Can't remember how many watts must have been almost 1500 for about 300 gallons in an unheated basement (not colder than 50). HTH

Also insulate the crap out of the whole system to minimize the electrical power needed and expense.

You can pickup some really reliable saltwater aquarium heaters that'd probably help this along.

I'm considering a pair of JBJ 1000W - True Temp Titanium Heating System heaters for my system over the next few months... they're rather reliable, and made to work! BulkReefSupply, and MarineDepot should have a good list that you can start using for research purposes... I've personally had Hydor Theo's in my turtle, and reef tanks, as well as Aqueon Pro's in my reef tanks (all of which had automation up the wazoo, with multiple temp sensors in my controller unit in different places tracking the temp, and shutting down the port if it exceeded 3 degrees over the setting, as well as mailing me alerts, only ever happened once, and that was when the aircon went out in texas... so the heater wasn't to blame)

Also, i'd recommend earthing the main body of water in your system (you can get submersible earthing probes), I've seen a few cases (tropical, and saltwater tanks) where over time the current from a number of the devices would eventually start to mess with one another, and drop small amounts of current into the water... never caused any equipment failure for me, but annoyed the hell out of the fish, twitching every time there was a leak... it's pretty common in the aquarium industry from what I understand.