Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/index.php)
-   Reef (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=8)
-   -   lucky to have a backup heater (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80667)

Motorfranco 12-03-2011 03:47 AM

lucky to have a backup heater
 
when I got home tonight,noticed all the nems not doing well,temp dropped to 74,I have 2 heaters in the tank,this shouldn't happen.then I recalled I unpluged one of then to rearrange all the plugs and forget to put it back on,and somehow the second was not plugged good enough and it's not function.
I am so lucky,tank could have crashed 1-2 days ago.

Lampshade 12-03-2011 03:51 AM

I lost 90% of my 55 gallon to a bad heater, it's a shame we spend so much on skimmers etc and it ends up being one of the cheapest parts that nukes the tank. I have 2 fail safes now though, heater is on temp control and I have my controller to shut it off if the tank is over that temp. It also emails if the temp is above/below my set points. Silly heaters.. fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice.... NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

Glad you caught yours in time, temperature swings can really hurt.


All times are GMT. The time now is 09:36 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.