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

[Delphinus]

Wow

[dsaundry]

Finnex for me has been good.

[Dez]

There's a guy that rents space from me at work and he has a turtle tank there and the same thing happened to him. His looked a lot worse though. It's just crazy!

[fishoholic]

Yikes, somehow I didn't know this, I've used and am using this type of heater right now. I always thought they were well made, I haven't had any issues yet and been using one for 3yrs. I was always worried about glass ones crapping out/breaking (which I have had happen) which was why I switched to stealth in the 1st place! Apparently the stealth's suck too Looks like I'll be looking for a new heater.

[abcha0s]

The trouble is, when these things fail they pour toxic chemicals into your tank.

When a glass heater fails, you should be able to catch it by monitoring the temp of your tank. Most people, including myself, recommend a secondary control. I have mine connected to my Apex controller, so a stuck heater won't crash my tank.

An exploding heater is an entirely different story.

[mseepman]

Yeah...I've been holding off on a controller to buy the right one once my 290G starts.

[Binare]

Ive had 5 or 6 of these heaters and never had issues. That said... I like the Jagers now for calibration.

[Jackie]

I guess one reason is we can not see any crack or damage on these Stealth heaters. And we handle them much more roughly than glass heaters. 300W mixing with water.

[mseepman]

Yikes...I have two of these...one still in the box and one running my 70g tank.

My Ebo-Jager failed on and nearly cooked my tank at 90 degrees so J&L replaced it (it was in the first year) with two smaller Stealths.

Guess I should be looking at other options before it costs me my tank.