Ack!! Darn glass heaters!!

[wannaarro]

I have a couple of glass heaters I acquired along the way (freebies), put one in my planted 29g and figured it safe since the fish were barbs, giant danios and a gold gourami--no destroyers.
For the past 4 months I've been an out of work art teacher (still looking for jobs), so mentally sort of out of it. Keeping up with water changes on all the tanks, all was fine, but I noticed that I lost a couple rosy neon barbs, gourami, then mysterious disappearance of 4 danios and the green barb. Started moving the over grown java moss and swords, and discovered the heater had busted!! Quick attention (removal, water changes) has rebalanced tank, but dang, those things aren't worth crap!!
MORAL OF THE STORY: Stealth visi-therm all the way!!!

 

[Grimpatches14]

the only problem that ive ever had with glass heaters is if the water level ever gets too low that the air touches it, i had that happen once and by heater shattered, did your break and raise the heat too much or what?

 

[Morledzep]

we just had a glass heater emergency today.. we did a major water change on my son's african tank and when he put the heater back it clicked on the glass of the tank. i said "be careful of hiting glass on glass like that, the heater will bust and you'll electricute your fish".

and about 10 minutes later he ran out of his room and said "you were right, the heater broke".

he unplugged it before anything happened to the fish and we got a different one out of the fish supply cupboard. it was just another reminder that i NEED to put more effort into getting ALL of the tanks on titanium heaters.

 

[ewurm]

I shocked the crap out of myself last night. My peacock bass broke the heater and I didn't know it. The fish were unaffected.

 

[zennzzo]

I shocked the crap out of myself last night. My peacock bass broke the heater and I didn't know it. The fish were unaffected.

Ouch...it's a wonder why broken heaters don't kick the circuit breaker off and the fish don't seem to be affected, but touch the water and HELLO!...Maybe it's we're grounded?

Not too much you can do with unruly P-bass that breaks heater tubes...

When I do W/C on a tank with a glass heater, I try to remember to unplug the heater at least 15 minutes prior to dropping the water level...that seems to help with breakage and burned out elements...

 

[ewurm]

I replaced it with a Marineland stealth. I'll be switching any tank that has monster fish and glass heaters

 

[jcardona1]

yeah, we get shocked cause we're grounded. the fish arent so they dont get shocked. well thats my simple understanding of it

and +1 on the visitherm stealths. theyre great!

 

[zennzzo]

2nd on the STEALTHs
Black blending unbreakable goodness...

 

[Grimpatches14]

still have some glass heaters in my big tank that im gunna change out once i get enough money to get one of the unbreakable heaters just like what i have in my mid sized tank. but i have a crappy black plastic one in my small tank... never had a problem with that kind though and what the stealth one?

 

[zennzzo]

still have some glass heaters in my big tank that im gunna change out once i get enough money to get one of the unbreakable heaters just like what i have in my mid sized tank. but i have a crappy black plastic one in my small tank... never had a problem with that kind though and what the stealth one?

Marineland is the manufacturer...Visi-Therm STEALTH is the model...