Why not to use cheap heaters..

[D-money]

As title says, had a top fin heater in my pleco tank. Well it got stuck and the water is 100+:angry3::angry3::angry3:. Total loss:

L114 6"
L134 Female 4"
L90 Wild 5"
L264 4"

3 Lyonsii
3 Cories

 

[TMSB805]

Sorry to hear that. How big were your lyonsi?

 

[jonclark96]

Bummer.


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[Andrewtfw]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[ddavila06]

horrible@!!! =(..

 

[verbal]

ouch sorry for your loss

 

[Shawnc]

That has happened to all of us at one time or another...always a bummer and a loss. Heaters are much better than they used to be but I cant think of a heater manufacturer that has not had batches with failures, even top name heaters. Sorry for your loss

 

[AquaStudent]

I like to use multiple smaller heaters so if one of them goes on the fritz the damage may not be as significant...but that's always a hard thing to fix before it's too late.

Sorry to hear about your losses.

 

[chriscoli]

Oh, so sorry!

I recently had that happen in one of my tanks, but I think I caught it on its way up. Tank was in the mid-eighties when I noticed it.

 

[Tony]

Yeah, serious bummer. Sorry. :s

 

[dogofwar]

I had a run-away heater wipe out a tank of stuff I brought back from Uruguay and was treating (with heat and salt) for ich. It sucks.

Almost none of my tanks have heaters and in the summer I unplug almost all of the heaters that I do use. Unless it something that really needs heat (e.g. Alcolapia soda lake cichlids), I don't use heaters.

Matt

 

[dshaffer3]

Ive had it happen at least 3 times. All of my heaters now run on timers.