Stealth Heater almost killed my fish!

[fobrinkle]

I run them on 10 tanks and haven't had a problem in two years.

 

[tcarswell]

How old were they?

Mine from 4yrs ago are fine..

the newer ones from the last 2yrs have all failed...

I have 4 from 75w-200w that are defective...

Marineland doesn't care... I called them to complain about it.. first thing out of their mouth was do you have a receipt?
I think they need to redo their advertising to read from lasting a long time to working for 6-8months then being able to make fish chowda once it chits the bed.

Should have specified 3 months to 13 months old I wont even use the replacements they sent me unless its a life or death situation.

 

[Fishermoe14]

running all stealths on my 4 current setups...

i was runnin stealths on all my 14 a couple years ago with no problems whatsoever... my single ebo jag secondary crapped out thou...

 

[Knowdafish]

Everyone is telling me to go with Rena heaters and that they are the best......I was looking them up and a 300w is about 30 dollars and the rest are below that. That is not too bad of a price for a heater... I put a digital temp. that tells the precise temp of the tank. But I dont think they make anything that turns off the power if the temp goes too high....but I will have to look it up.

Temp controller:

Medium priced:

http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3743+21333&pcatid=21333


Expensive,trick, and VERY comprehensive:

http://www.paraquatics.co.uk/en-gb/dept_190.html


Digital Thermometer with temp alarm:

http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3744+3841&pcatid=3841


Stray voltage probe:

http://www.marinedepot.com/miscellaneous_titanium_grounding_probe-ap.html


G.F.I.:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xhc/R-100117184/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053




In my opinion there is no excuse for stray voltage problems or having overheated fish as these problems are 100% preventable!

 

[longv]

are the problems only with the older/reg stealth? or do the stealth pro's have problems also?

 

[Haberdasher]

are the problems only with the older/reg stealth? or do the stealth pro's have problems also?

I'd like to know too, anyone had any problems with the Stealth Pros? I have two that seem to be working fine (had them for 2 months).

-Dave

 

[LD50]

Rena heaters are FTW ime, everything els has either zaped me or cook my fish.

 

[ballist3k]

just go get yourself one of those cheap tetra ones from walmart i've never had problems with them and they keep the temp at 79.5

 

[brianp]

I can certainly understand the agitation with faulty heaters. I have a list of heaters that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. Interestingly, the Stealth heaters are not among them. I have used several of the original Stealth design (200-250 watt) for years with no problems. A couple of months ago, I purchased four of the 300 watt Stealth Pros for my 350 and they have performed without incident. Personally, I like the design of the Pro, They are epoxy-filled and appear to be very solid.