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It's small, easy to hide and reliable. I have a 2.5 gallon acrylic tropical tank. I use this tank heater only in the winter when our ambient house temperature is lower. It does a stellar job keeping the water a steady 72 degrees. I highly recommend it for small tanks when only a few degrees increase are needed.
So to shorten the story a bit, I went to Petsmart and forked out about eighteen dollars on a decent 15 watt heater which is perfect for five gallons.Stay away from this heater unless it's for a goldfish bowl because that's all it can heat. So now I'm out about sixteen bucks and still have to find a heater because I had to transfer my baby mollies which were about 9 weeks old to a bigger tank because they just couldn't live in that breeder any longer. Keep in mind that I was cycling the tank and no fish were tortured. The shipping and handling was horrific. The other thing is that while this unit was only around seven dollars.
I bought a nice little Corner 5 from Eclipse and there was not enough space for one of the tubular heaters to go in there, so I purchased this one thinking that it might help and the temperature would not go past 70 after leaving it in there for a whole day. It might take all day but at least it will get to seventy degrees. It was eight dollars and sixty eight cents for shipping and handling. Better yet, stay away from this heater unless you need to warm up a cup of coffee.
- Keeps the bowl at the right temperature at all times- Adjusts the amount of heat let off automatically depending on the rooms' temperature
Now the betta is very active. As a result, the betta was very inactive. My betta fish's water was mostly in the 60-degree range, below a betta's ideal temperature (70-80F). Even though the specs say it's designed for a 2-5 gallon tank, I'd still recommend it for a 1-gallon bowl. I bought this heater for a one-gallon bowl, and it increased the water temperature about 10 degrees. Just keep an eye on the ambient temperature because this heater does not have an automatic shutoff.
For me this meant I had to take out the original plants and get an aquatic plant to control the algae that soon grew in the absence of the other plants. So if you have a Beta bowl, you won't notice a change unless you cover the opening. It's the only one I found that will work for 1-2 gallon tanks, and I too got it for my Beta. My tank's temperature went up 10-12 degrees. Comes with guide showing how much you can expect the water temperature to increase for a given volume.
Very safe and easy to use little heater. You really don't want it to do more than that since there's no temperature control and you don't want your fish to overheat. It's perfectly safe for the fish to touch, mine even huddled up behind it initially.The only thing to realize is that water only heats up if there's a lid to enclose it. But that will be true of any safe heater since water won't heat up gently unless water vapor is kept from escaping.
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