Exploding Heaters - Marineland Stealth and Stealth Pro (Pictures) - Recall Issued

[lastlight]

That thread mentions copper in the heater as well. This isn't like treating fish in a tank with copper where it can potentially make a tank unfit for reefs? I'm guessing an actual piece of metal is not the same.

[Coleus]

hmm i have this heater somewhere for backup but i think i am going to throw it away. Thanks for the warning

[Tracey2]

My experience

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Tracey2

My experience

From the same kind of heater???

[Tracey2]

Originally Posted by sphelps

From the same kind of heater???

Stealth pro 300 W made in china. I think the ones made in Italy are ok.

[Jackie]

Originally Posted by Tracey2

Stealth pro 300 W made in china. I think the ones made in Italy are ok.

If you look around. Over 80% stuff around you are made in China.
You are dead long time ago.

[abcha0s]

Originally Posted by Jackie

If you look around. Over 80% stuff around you are made in China.
You are dead long time ago.

That's a strange thing to say to someone who's tank exploded? I assume you are just poking fun at China for making crap - in which case, I guess it's funny.

Anyway, most of my hardware comes from somewhere in Europe.

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by Jackie

If you look around. Over 80% stuff around you are made in China.
You are dead long time ago.

Out of topic but China now makes fake organic produce and fake rice made out of plastic...

http://www.naturalnews.com/031344_plastic_rice.html
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http://www.naturalnews.com/031378_organics_China.html

[mws]

When it was time for a new heater I did search the net and came upon the tanks with the bomb hole, still couldn't believe the heater did this. But as a precaution I took it out of my tank(I used this heater for over a year)Now I only use it to do water changes.
So sorry for everyone's bad luck, it must be devastating.

[Palmer]

I have a heater that is metal and labelled as a stealth heater in my freshwater cichlid tank but its not made by marineland. I bought it at petland about 5 years ago. Does anyone know if this is pretty much the same? Wonder if Marineland bought them out or something.