5 Gallon Tank Good Heater?

[newbettagus]

Temperatures are starting to cool here and soon my house will be under 75 degrees, at night down as low as 70. But when I look at reviews of aquarium heaters there are so many unfortunate incidents.

What do you use in your 5 gallon tank? What have you used and regretted it?

This is for a 5.5 gallon tank (not filled quite all the way to the top) with one betta in it.

Thank you.

 

[kallililly1973]

I use the Aqueon pro 50W in my 5.5 betta tank and I use a preset Aqueon cory fry tank tank and they both work well. The 100W is actually a good deal on Amazon now. Here is the link.

 

[e_watson09]

One of the biggest issues you will find with heaters for small tanks is they are often preset. You'll want an adjustable one as bettas like warmer water. I don't remember the brand of mine I'll have to check

 

[Salem]

I have used pretty much only preset tetra heaters as they are the only ones locally available to me. They keep the water at 78f and don't take up a lot of space. I do recommend getting one that is adjustable though and I've heard good things about the aqueon one

 

[Jenn90]

I use the fluval 50w heater for my 15 gallon. You can adjust the temp and so far I have found it pretty reliable. But I don't know if this is too big for your tank?

 

[newbettagus]

Thanks.

Another one of the problems with a small tank.

What I did for now: ordered a fancy one from Amazon (Cobalt) for hard winter, and picked up a small (7.5) Aqueon always-on to raise the temperature a few degrees at night in the borderline weeks.

I hope the fish does okay; I don't seem to be able to guarantee that, to my regret. If he dies, the next one gets a bigger tank, which I think will be easier to equip well.