500 Gallon Update

[xraycer]

Bummer.

90deg? Are you sure one of those heaters didn't go haywire and got stuck in the on position?

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

Bummer.

90deg? Are you sure one of those heaters didn't go haywire and got stuck in the on position?

I have the heater set to 73. I also had my hand on the pump and it was hot as hell. One of the propellers was spinning in the opposite direction and humming. I think its a 3200 GPH wavemaker.

Went home for lunch and all is good now.

 

[xraycer]

I have the heater set to 73.

Heaters commonly malfunction and either doesn't go on anymore or they stay on until they burn out completely...in the process cooking your tank....regardless of what it is set on. That's why many people use heat controllers in conjunction with their heaters.

 

[KNH]

Shame about the leporinus. How nippy were they?

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

Heaters commonly malfunction and either doesn't go on anymore or they stay on until they burn out completely...in the process cooking your tank....regardless of what it is set on. That's why many people use heat controllers in conjunction with their heaters.

These do have controllers on them. I will double check them tonight

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

Shame about the leporinus. How nippy were they?

They liked to scrap with the Eclipse cats, but other than that, no issues.

 

[xraycer]

These do have controllers on them. I will double check them tonight

I believe you got your issue resolved with the pump as the culprit. I was just making a point about heater failures.

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

I got a thermometer during lunch, came home after work and it was 96 degrees. Now its 91. I lost one of the big Geo's too Draining more water now to help lower the temps.

 

[xraycer]

Open the cover and run a fan across the water's surface

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

Water temps are now 87.2 so I should be good now, but want to stay around 77-80. Guess this means I get to go fish shopping to replace the 3 I lost