heater tried to cook my fish

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alecrromine

alecrromine

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i woke up this morning to my heater glowing red and the tank water was 102F. i think i caught it in time. i threw a few ice cubes in there. i only have a pleco and a senegal bichir in there right now and they seem to be very resilient fish. wish me luck.

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Just out of curiosity, how many watts is the heater and what size is the tank? Just a suggestion, but one thing that works for me to keep heaters working well for a long time is, keep the dial end out of the water. I know they're all called "submersible" these days, but every one of them will eventually get water in them if you keep the dial end under water.
 
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That has only happened to me once, with an ebo jaeger no less. I lost half a tank of African Cichlids.

It certainly makes one consider a secondary thermostat for all heaters.
 
krichardson said:
Rather than fool around with ice cubes I would have scooped out a good portion of that hot water with a bucket and replaced it with cooler water.
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Not sure that would be the best option. A slow decrease in temp would be best. To much to soon would most likely cause issues.
 
Timmy said:
Not sure that would be the best option. A slow decrease in temp would be best. To much to soon would most likely cause issues.
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Well,it was when I was faced with that problem,obviously the temperature can't be changed abruptly.
 
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FreshyFresh said:
Just out of curiosity, how many watts is the heater and what size is the tank? Just a suggestion, but one thing that works for me to keep heaters working well for a long time is, keep the dial end out of the water. I know they're all called "submersible" these days, but every one of them will eventually get water in them if you keep the dial end under water.
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300 watt, 75gallon tank
 
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