The cooking of a 4gal pico(GRAPHIC)

[jason604]

First off I wanna list what was in my pico tank
4 gal pico nuvo tank
- fire fish x2
- bi colored blenny
- peppermint shrimp
- hammer coral
- 3 mushrooms
- bunch of random zoas
- a red monti plate
I don't have a before pic

So I woke up this morning to my pico tank looking like this



At first I thought hmm did my fire fishes have a wild night n mated then I touched the tank glass n boy was it warm. Took a thermometer n dropped it in n looked closer and everything looked dead. My heater had somehow stuck on n cooked my tank 100 deg.
Here's a closer pic of what died. It's kinda graphic but the look on my fire fish lol

The omg I'm cooked look


Thank god it wasn't my new in wall tank or I woulda had a heart attack

[scubadawg]

Sorry to hear about your Pico, now you know the importance if an Aquarium computer, Apex, etc

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by jason604

It's kinda graphic but the look on my fire fish lol

Uhh yea some people shouldn't have tanks. With you finding humor looking at your dead fish I'm thinking your one of those people.

[ReEf BoSs]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Uhh yea some people shouldn't have tanks. With you finding humor looking at your dead fish I'm thinking your one of those people.

[jason604]

Originally Posted by scubadawg

Sorry to hear about your Pico, now you know the importance if an Aquarium computer, Apex, etc

Yea I'm rly considering a aquarium monitoring device now. Lucky it was only my pico. Woulda been a lot more devistating if it was my main tank. Is there any good temp controller other than the apex out there?

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Uhh yea some people shouldn't have tanks. With you finding humor looking at your dead fish I'm thinking your one of those people.

That's a lil excessive don't ya think? If your that easily offended then mybe U shouldn't have a tank either?

[hondas3000]

use ranco or any digital controller and titanium heater, that way you don't rely on the heater control.

[Pike]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Uhh yea some people shouldn't have tanks. With you finding humor looking at your dead fish I'm thinking your one of those people.

What do you want to him to do ? cry about it ? There are a lot of people who think that no one should even keep wild fish in a glass prison for your own amusement.

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by jason604

That's a lil excessive don't ya think? If your that easily offended then mybe U shouldn't have a tank either?

Some people are just chit distrurbers
Different sense of humor.

That Honda guy is right. Those Ranco heaters aren't too bad. I use them on a clients tank and I use a Finnex heater on my own without any issues.
Sorry for your loss

[gobytron]

I'm just blown away by how much livestock you had squeezed into that tiny tank....

If you haven't had a heater cook a tank, you probably haven't been reefing long enough.

There weren't always affordable controllers either.

[Simons]

unfortunately that is the number one failure point of most tanks, the thermal coupler kick switch fails inside a heater and it sticks in the on position.

I won't go back from a titanium heater and a tank controller of some sort, just won't; I have way to much time money and love invested in my two tanks to take any unnecessary risks and I do think, it is unnecessary because it's the #1 failure of tanks.

sorry...