Lost Fish due to faulty heater

Glennrf38 · #1 08-01-2006, 04:01 PM

This morning I lost 3 fish due to a heat spike (89 F) from my heater screwing up

............. Some of the coral also looks pretty bad. I'm guessing some of the coral died and caused a spike in the levels. Oh well just thought I'd share this with someone. Good news is that they were inexpensive fish.

Glenn

andrewsk · #2 08-01-2006, 04:50 PM

Oh that sucks. What kind of heater was it?

Did Spike make it?

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Originally Posted by Glennrf38

This morning I lost 3 fish due to a heat spike (89 F) from my heater screwing up

............. Some of the coral also looks pretty bad. I'm guessing some of the coral died and caused a spike in the levels. Oh well just thought I'd share this with someone. Good news is that they were inexpensive fish.

Glenn

Glennrf38 · #3 08-01-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewsk

Oh that sucks. What kind of heater was it?

Did Spike make it?

Spike made it so far and so did the emerald crab. Lost a couple of corals. Unsure what the heater was. I could look I guess. I bought a new titanium II yesterday so hopefully that will help.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #4 08-01-2006, 07:16 PM

I took out my heaters a couple of months ago. Never use them in the summer & don't leave them plugged in just in case of something like this happening.

b_james · #5 08-01-2006, 08:01 PM

This is exacally whie I have never run heaters in the past, Now Im forced to because without my tank temp maxes out at between 69-70F.

Quagmire · #6 08-01-2006, 11:36 PM

Glenn,when you replace your heater,think about using 2 smaller sized rather than 1 large size.Say if maybe you need a 200w heater,go with 2 100 or 150's.
That way if 1 stays on you will have less chance of cooking your tank.

Rikko · #7 08-02-2006, 03:19 AM

I've had a few incidents with my freshwater tanks over the years.. From now on, any tank that is big enough (and also cost enough money to get going) has 2 small heaters in it instead of one big one. A single heater misfiring simply won't heat up the tank enough to cause a disaster.

Glennrf38 · #8 08-02-2006, 03:23 AM

Got one of those fancy ass Titanium II 150W. Instead of the 250W I had in there. Supposedly if the titanium goes bad it shuts itself off completely.

revgeoff · #9 08-02-2006, 03:31 AM

I picked up a titanium as well...great heater. I had to replace mine when my I woke up to a nasty smell and a heater that was in two pieces. Lots of dead fish, corals and every single invert in the tank. I'll never go back to glass heaters!

Glennrf38 · #10 08-02-2006, 03:42 AM

Crap I feel for you.....

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Originally Posted by revgeoff

I picked up a titanium as well...great heater. I had to replace mine when my I woke up to a nasty smell and a heater that was in two pieces. Lots of dead fish, corals and every single invert in the tank. I'll never go back to glass heaters!