Oh no!!

[medwards]

Just had a heater break in the tank. glass, got all the glass clean break, Am i screwed or need to do anything or am i ok

[medwards]

Im relaxing a bit now, was worried about somthing nasty leaking into the tank but seem to be alright

[Bella127]

I don't think you are out of the woods yet. I would definitely do a decent sized water change, change out your carbon, check your tank good for cracks an leaks. Clean out your skimmer if you have one,and run chem poly pad too. You do not want the stuff from that heater in your tank.

[medwards]

now im worried again. Do you know whats in the heater? I went to empty my skimmer cup, noticed a pepermint in the overflow, started fiddling and bam the heater breaks. Can do a water change, have water ready. Look for tank cracks? Could the current break the tank?

[Bella127]

now im worried again. Do you know whats in the heater? I went to empty my skimmer cup, noticed a pepermint in the overflow, started fiddling and bam the heater breaks. Can do a water change, have water ready. Look for tank cracks? Could the current break the tank?

With the element exposed touching the glass , it could cause the glass to crack , plus all the chemicals in the heater element could be fatal to some corals . If you do not see water leaking you should be o.k. But I would be doing water changes ASAP

[medwards]

Well as a update and more oh no,... The replacement heater I used was stuck in a on postion, came home from work sat night to find my tank at 88+ degrees. Yeah Im starting to think im trying to kill my bio cube. Got the tank cooled off, most everything is coming back and perking up except 2 frags of zoos and my flame angel. The flame has been behind the rock work for 24 hours now. Breathing very fast and hovering with the tail down, head up and moves to a sideways postion from time to time. Not eating. Think I boiled the poor fish. Any one think there is a chance of the angel pulling through or is the fish suffering for nothing?

[Tom@HaslettMI]

So sorry to hear about your troubles. I don't know if the angel will survive but I wouldn't kill it intentionally. If you have a QT/hospital tank you might consider putting it in there so other tank inhabitants don't pick on/sress it. If not then just remain optimistic and keep a close eye on it. If it does die remove it ASAP.

HTH,
Tom

[medwards]

Thanks I am able to leave the flame angel in this tank; I have a clown goby and a red scooter blenny (who are both acting normal) in this tank and they wont be bothersome. Temp is back to normal, just saying prayers at this point.

[Sir Patrick]

Good luck man! Hope everything turns out for the best.

[kgood1]

So sorry to hear about your troubles. I don't know if the angel will survive but I wouldn't kill it intentionally. If you have a QT/hospital tank you might consider putting it in there so other tank inhabitants don't pick on/sress it. If not then just remain optimistic and keep a close eye on it. If it does die remove it ASAP.

HTH,
Tom

I'm wishing you the best,

[medwards]

Well the flame didnt make it. seen this coming but not the way i wanted to start the week.

[jimsflies]

Sorry to hear about your loss and the problems. The good news is bad things come in three (broken heater, stuck heater, dead fish)...so you should be done now.

[medwards]

You may on to something, hope your right.

[Bella127]

Sorry to hear the bad news, but that is the reality in this hobby . I wish it wasn't though. All you can do is learn from bad and good experiences. Good luck,
Pete

[thereeferman]

Good luck ! may i suggest a unbreakable heater .

[Tom@HaslettMI]

That sucks. I'm sorry to hear it.

[medwards]

Thanks guys, and you may sugest an unbreakable heater. Thats what i bought, a stealth 50 watt with a led on top, red and green for off and on.

[evolutionracr]

I had a glass heater break in my 30g. I happend to be looking in the tank and seen the flash, before I could do anything it exploded. I lost a few fish too.

[ReefPeddler]

I've had a few heaters break, many years ago... mostly because the Idiot I was would do a water change and forget to kill the heater, then refill the sump and the glass would cool to fast and crack... However, the sump is an easy clean, whereas the display would be much much worse!

I once touched my wet arm to a halide bulb to have it literally exploded. It sounded like a shotgun going off in my ear! glass flew everywhere including into the tank.

I never have liked the idea of separating water and electricity with glass... unbreakable heaters and LED's are life savers... :stars:

[medwards]

Ok, feel a little better today, maybe might even take some pics later if everything opens. 5 hours of water changes, dipping corals, scraping, pulling, and cleaning the tank looks better than it has in a while. still needs some work but better. Ill check nitrates and hope they have come down by half at least.

[tazzy695]

just a suggestion although the visatherm stealth heaters are awesome and work great I would recommend adding a heater controller with the temp set just above the heaters setting just as a fail safe if the heater sticks in the on position as it can happen