if it aint broke, don't fix it

[dookie]

My greatest lesson cost me nicely. I was growing up some valuable fry fish when I went and changed their heater for no apparent reason. Their tank was 76 degrees and I've always like keeping fish in the 80's so I swapped out the heater in the tank with one that was lying around that was higher in wattage. I did it at night and when I woke in the morning. FISH SOUP! All the fish were cooked alive. Nearly $3000 worth of fish. The moral of this story is, When it isn't broke, don't f*ck with it!

 

[piranha45]

hehe, ironically I just stuck a heater in my 55g, to coerce a certain pair of cichlids to breed. Its a Whisper heater too. I'm going to keep an eye on things, the temp is set pretty low though

 

[redtailfool]

Yep i agree. I kept messing with the PH before, thinking its better for the fish.
I almost lost a lot of fish because of that.

 

[rayman45]

i did the same an lost a tig
thank god i sold the other 2 b4 the heating

 

[M|L]

that sucks, that happened to me (didn't loose as much money though) when I bought a cheapo heater that never turns off.

 

[buddah101]

wow, thats a real bummer!