Tetra Aquatic Reptile Heater, 100 Watt

5 Reviews

1. First of all, let me address some of the concerns mentioned here in other reviews. The heater is preset to warm your tank to 73 degrees. That may or may not seem like a huge difference to you depending on how warm you keep your home, where the tank is located and if the warmth of the basking light is helping to warm things up. This heater is meant to take the chill out of the water, not to “keep it warm”. It’s not meant for that and that is not what the turtle is looking for.

   Secondly, I have had great success with ours…EXCEPT (my OWN fault!)….when changing my turtles water, somehow my son plugged in the heater when the heater was not completely submerged. Huge problem in that it fizzled, sparked and popped – umm not good. It does say it in the directions, but they don’t really ever say what will happen if you plug it in early. Of course, common sense should dictate, but last night it did not. I spent hours cleaning out the new tank AGAIN and now I am back to buy another!

   The plastic housing is great! Only once has my monster of a red eared slider been able to open it. She does manage to knock it loose once in awhile though! It’s all good!!

   Overall…I would buy again. I am buying again. I would recommend this for others as well!

2. This is a pretty inexpensive heater for a turtle tank. It keeps my 35-gallon tank at a nice cozy 70 degrees (F). Though I have only had it a few days, it seems to be working well and the cage is nice so my turtle cannot hurt herself or the heater. Since she just loves destroying the things we put in her tank, that is really saying something.

   For the first couple days, we turned off her heat lamp to see how the heater preformed by itself with good results. Of course because it is a turtle, we normally keep a heat lamp on her to create a hot basking spot, which also helps heat the water.

   If you read some of the other reviews, you notice that the heater does not keep the water as hot as it is set for, which really shouldn’t be an issue. It is the perfect product if you want to keep the chill off the water, especially at night or during the winter. Because you need to have a UV lamp for your turtles health, this heater should be just fine for your needs.

   It got only four stars because it took more than a month to get here.

3. Piece of crap, worked for a day then went south. I bought it for my hatchling turtles and it never heated the water to what it claimed it did, I WILL NEVER buy another of their products, this was simply garbage, NICE BOX THOUGH, i think they spent more on the box than on making this crap, you are better off putting a candle near the water than trying this JUNK. Save your money and get something else.

4. Best price around for this product. Seems to be the best turtle water heater available considering abuse that it’s likely to take. Great product.

5. I bought this item about 6 months ago. It did keep the water warm, but it never got to as warm as the box stated. The heater is now working randomly, and keeps the water at about 70-degrees, which is way below the required temperature. This item will kinda work for a very short time. As the saying goes, “You get what you pay for.”

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