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Dumb move of the week!

Discussion in 'Aquarium Equipment & Decor' started by jrow8162, Nov 29, 2009.

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    jrow8162 Thread Starter Member

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    Anybody ever blow their heater up during a water change? I did yesterday. Did a large water change on my cichlid tank and forgot to unplug my heater first. Half submerged and half out of water. Was walking to the other room to change another tank and heard a loud pop! Turned around and smoke was coming from the tank. Glass was shattered on the heater. Lucky I didnt zap any of my fish. That was my dumb move of the week!
     
    jrow8162, Nov 29, 2009
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    I came close to that... never did it though... I can see where that would happen...
     
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    jrow8162 Thread Starter Member

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    It sucked! 35 bucks I wasnt planning on spending yesterday to replace it.
     
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    Thankfully I have a stealth which is supposed to shut itself off when out of water and no glass to explode. I think most of the heaters today have the auto shut off when out of water, unfortunately yours apparently wasn't one of them.

    Go Stealth, you won't be sorry (but you might not like that theres no red light to tell when it's actually working)!
     
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    That would DRIVE ME NUTS! :)
     
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    Thats why I have the Tom Temp Alert hooked up...so I always have a visual of the temp ;)
     
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    jrow8162 Thread Starter Member

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    I have a stealth in my other tank. Tried to get another one but LFS doesn't stock them.
     
    jrow8162, Nov 30, 2009
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    I got mine online way cheaper than my lfs :)
     
    MOD_Dawn, Dec 1, 2009
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    I definitely like the Stealth heaters. LFS uses them in all their tanks but doesnt stock them. Seems kind of strange to me.
     
    jrow8162, Dec 2, 2009
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    for heaters, I use Titanium with external thermostat, capable of being pulled from the water while on, auto shut off, 300w cost me 50.00, 5 years ago and it still works better than any newer glass brands I have had
     
    CichlidStorm, Dec 10, 2009
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