Dave Y
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When I ran my 135 gallon with a sump, I placed a 500 W titanium heater in the sump and the thermostat in the tank. One thing you really have to be careful about with this setup is during water changes. If you don't turn down the heater when the thermostat is out of the water the water in the sump will overheat. When you fill the tank back up and turn on the sump pump again you can pump hot water into the tank. I did this one time, and it was not pretty. The other issue is of course forgetting to turn the heater back up, which we have all done I am sure. One solution is to put the thermostat in the sump, but I don't like that setup since the tank is what needs the heat regulation. However you set this up, putting the heater in the sump will make your tank look better and avoids the need to hide wires and what not. Just my 2 cents.
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