| | |  | Reptiles & Amphibians | Home » » Tetra Aquatic Reptile Heater, 100 Watt | | | | | | | Description: | | This compact, submersible 100-watt heater is specially-designed for aquatic reptile viquariums.Specially designed for aquatic reptile viquariums, this compact, submersible 100-watt heater features a protective cover to keep your pets safe while maintaining an optimum 78-degree temperature, and an extra long 8-foot cord that easily adapts to any direction, allowing a more custom fit to your viquarium. | | | Features: | |
• Protective plastic cage to prevent breakage
• Automatic thermostat maintains water temperature at 78 de
• Plastic cage has openings so that the 8-foot cord can adapt to any direction
• Two oversized suction cups provide maximum hold to prevent movement by active reptiles. Appropriate for up to 30 gallons of wat
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.25 inches | | Product Height:
| 9.27 inches | | Package Length:
| 8.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 39 reviews |
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16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Thumbs UP in our house!Oct 27, 2010
By Sl Judge
"gatormomz"
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!
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Good for a Very Specific and Limited PurposeMar 12, 2010
By E. J. Russel
This heater works well for my 11 year old eastern painted turtle. I have her housed in a 40 gallon tank on a window sill facing East (she likes to watch the sun rise). What is important to understand about reptiles is that they thrive on sunlight as their primary source of heat, and any reptile in captivity should have access to real sunlight and intense artificial light for a substantial amount of time every day. A lamp that emits UVA and UVB rays should be the primary source of heat in your reptile's habitat, and any other heat source, such as an aquatic heater for a turtle, should only be a secondary source of heat.
I use the water heater in the winter months to keep the water in my turtle's tank from getting too cold at night, once I have turned off her heat lamp. I chose this particular heater over traditional aquarium heaters because it is housed in a plastic cage, and my turtle is very destructive. I have been using the heater since November and she hasn't managed to take it apart yet!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Tetra Aquatic Reptile HeaterNov 22, 2011
By BornLove
I purchased this item on the 21st of October, 2011 and returned it on the 23rd. I have a 40 gallon breeder tank with four RED(red ear sliders) that range from 8 months to 1 month.
The directions say to plug the heater in and wait 24 hours before putting your reptiles in and this is what I did but the heater DID NOT heat up the water. In fact, it turned off after 15 minutes.
I figured this was a defective device so I shipped it back and went to Petsmart and bought the same one and this one turned off in 10 minutes!
Frustrated, i returned that one and bought one at Petco, only to see that this one turned off in less than 15 minutes as well.
I'm not sure if this is just my luck, but I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone. It was a big waste of time for me and a huge headache!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Impressive performanceNov 18, 2011
By Alaska
We recently received our Tetra Aquatic Reptile Heater, rated at 100watts and it has been great. Unit is built solid, has powerful suction cups and the option of routing the cord in 3 directions off one end. It says it is rated up to a 30 gallon tank, we have one that is 38 gallons (nearly full) for our 6" male Red Eared Slider turtle. He has checked it out, rested on it used it as platform etc and it hasn't budged or broken. The water stays at a constant 74 to 76 degrees. Our local pet shop charges $75.00 for a glass, unprotected heater of 75 watts. This unit was $16.99, protected and more powerful. Standard shipping had it at our door in Alaska in 5 days.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
turtleNov 18, 2011
By pee wee
got this for my turtle tank to keep the chill out of the water. works great, my turtle stays warm and my tank at the correct temp. I would buy this product again and recommed to friends.
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