Heater Went Haywire--Almost Killed Fish!

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My 56 gallon tank is thriving with new fry showing up all the time--until last night when I went in for the evening feeding. I saw all the adults at the top gasping for air and the smaller fish out in the open. I quickly realized the water temp was well over 90 degrees F! I unplugged and removed the heater, took the light and canopy off and started putting ice cubes (from filtered water). I saw that after about an hour the temp went down about a degree and kept going down until this morning where it is back to normal.

The bad news is I lost a favored adult electric blue Hap, but the good news is that's the only fish I lost. I could have lost them all. I will post the heater brand when I get home--but what a shocker that this could happen!

RIP, Happy!
 
Razor7Music;5151739;5151739 said:
My 56 gallon tank is thriving with new fry showing up all the time--until last night when I went in for the evening feeding. I saw all the adults at the top gasping for air and the smaller fish out in the open. I quickly realized the water temp was well over 90 degrees F! I unplugged and removed the heater, took the light and canopy off and started putting ice cubes (from filtered water). I saw that after about an hour the temp went down about a degree and kept going down until this morning where it is back to normal.

The bad news is I lost a favored adult electric blue Hap, but the good news is that's the only fish I lost. I could have lost them all. I will post the heater brand when I get home--but what a shocker that this could happen!

RIP, Happy!
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It was a Marineland Stealth heater and I just found out they were recalled due to faulty wiring. This is exactly what happened to me.

If you have one, REMOVE IT IMMEDIATLY. Do a Google search and look up the details. They said they will give a replacement or a refund. I got a Fluval just now--forget the replacement. They started fires in some homes and even shattered some aquariums.

I'm still really sad about losing one of my prize fish, but I am gratful that's all that happened.
 
Yep this has been on here alot some people got recalls. They had alot of lawsuits.
 
yeah just take it to a petsmart and they will replace it for you.
 
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