Check your heater

[Hendre]

not if it has a guard on it

If his fish is lying on the heater, chances are good he needs more caves/hide-spaces

My cat did till I gave him wood. It's almost always a hide space issue

 

[FreshyFresh]

I keep everything on one power strip as well. Flip one switch and everything gets powered down.

I don't like fully submersing my heaters anymore. I find they last longer if you keep the dial-end out of the water at all times. Sure they're all advertised as being "fully submersible", but water will get in them eventually if you keep them fully under water.

 

[Frank Castle]

I keep everything on one power strip as well. Flip one switch and everything gets powered down.

I don't like fully submersing my heaters anymore. I find they last longer if you keep the dial-end out of the water at all times. Sure they're all advertised as being "fully submersible", but water will get in them eventually if you keep them fully under water.

that's when you call the manufacturer and tell them you have a limited lifetime warrantee on them.........

 

[jc4orr]

My heaters and filters are on a single power strip, so with a flick of a single switch, everything is turned off/on. Much easier to miss the heater being off than the filtration system.

This is exactly how I prevented this problem from happening to me again. I bought another power strip and plugged my heaters and filter into it so I could hear if my heaters were off.

 

[SantaMonica]

I don't do water changes, but did have a heater stick on high. It was not a high power heater, and only got a few degrees above normal.

Many titanium heaters like mine are fully submersible... I have it laying sideways almost at the sand level.

 

[terrorG]

my understanding is hot water rises so mounting a heater horizontally at the bottom is best option to spread the hot water around?

 

[Hendre]

my understanding is hot water rises so mounting a heater horizontally at the bottom is best option to spread the hot water around?

With enough flow the water should be nicely mixed. I don't think it makes a difference

 

[flukekiller]

My cat did till I gave him wood.

That's just wrong

 

[Hendre]

That's just wrong

LOL.

My catfish did until I gave him an alternative hiding spot

 

[Yohanon]

My heater is in-line. Everything is plugged into a power bar with it's own circuit breaker. When I do water changes, I just flip one switch to turn off the whole nine yards until the water is changed. Very maintenance friendly.