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I was wondering what is the best water heater to use with a young caiman. I am moving my little guy into a larger tank and will slowing be adding water but to start with it will be roughly 50-75 gallons. I need something tough and won't break any suggestions.

We use titanium heaters connected to a back up temp control/thermostat - works great and we don't have to worry about flimsy glass heaters breaking. I invested about $100 for these devices and it was well worth the initial investment.

Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center

>>I was wondering what is the best water heater to use with a young caiman. I am moving my little guy into a larger tank and will slowing be adding water but to start with it will be roughly 50-75 gallons. I need something tough and won't break any suggestions.
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Rob Carmichael, Curator
The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm
Lake Forest, IL

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

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