I just set up my 55g last night, got the filter and heater running and put in the dechlorinator and the bacteria at the amounts specified on the containers. I woke up this morning and there is a lot of condensation on my heater, as well as just above the water line, which is about 1 inch below the black rim around the top of the tank. Is the condensation normal?
Is this normal?
- Thread starter Wigglesworth
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cant have condensation on something underwater,if theres condensation in the heater,no not normal, thats bad.
take the heater out immediately. if it has a crack in it (this would explain the condensation) then it could malfunction and crack and be a mess to clean up. as for the condensation around the top of the tank above the waterline, that happens from water flow and is harmless. if you don't like the way it looks, just top off the tank
uhm? Whats the themometer say? Are you sure its not gas bubbles? like Dixon said is the heater sumerged?
Yeah, the heater is submerged all except for the very top where the knob is. And I suppose I shouldn't call it condensation on the heater, it's more just covered in small bubbles. Possibly gas bubbles, I guess. Are THOSE normal? 
And the thermometer says it's right at 79-80 degrees.
And the thermometer says it's right at 79-80 degrees.
thats not as scary. condesation would mean a breech and your heater could've actually started boiling and shattering!