Yes, we have a couple of those in use too and they seem to work fine. My biggest fear with any water heater is the chance for overheating even with thermostats - so many prized animals have been fried from these devices malfunctioning. A friend of mine in Texas who keeps a number of fly river turtles told me about a simple solution: He places undertank reptile heaters to the bottom of the tanks from underneath and then hooks them up to old fashioned rheostats. He claims he can reach any desired temp needed w/out the worry of overheating. I might give it a try.

>>I have used the marineland tank heaters which are made of hard plastic for my young caiman with no prob and the 75 gallon one is like $30.
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>>Tom
>>1.2.0 Leopard Gecko (dot, spot, casper)
>>0.0.1 California King Snake (booboo)
>>0.1.0 Sulcata Tortoise (tank)
>>0.0.2 Russian Tortoise (tito and lulu)
>>0.0.2 Red Ear Sliders (bernie and ernie)
>>0.0.3 Painted Turtles (larry, curly and moe)
>>0.0.1 Western Soft shell (Squirt)
>>2.2.0 Bearded Dragon (marshmellow,Bubba,Sparkles,Alfredo )
>>0.0.1 Savannah Monitor (beef)
>>1.0.0 Peachfront Conure (kermit)
>>0.1.0 Love Bird ( KIKI )
>>1.1.0 Dog (layla and Rosco)
>>2.1.0 Crazy Cats (babe, sabastian, tinkerbell)
>>0.1.0 Lion Head Rabbit (daisy)
>>0.1.2 Ferret (jordan RIP, Cosmo and Izzy)
>>0.2.0 Guinea Pigs (lilly and petunia)
>>0.0.1 White Tree Frog (dumpy jr.)
>>0.0.2 Fire Belly Newts (spork and blaze)
>>0.0.1 Fire Belly Toad (ferdinan)
>>0.0.1 Red Spotted Newt ( red)
>>0.0.2 Bull Frogs (goliath and tubby)
>>0.0.1 Spectacled caiman (wilbert)
>>0.0.3 Green Anoles
>>1.0.0 Bahama Anole
>>0.0.1 Giant Millipede
>>Lots Of Fish
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

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• water heaters - binkybear13, Thu Jan 1 12:29:17 2009
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• RE: water heaters - Carmichael, Mon Jan 5 15:15:31 2009