Had the EXACT same thing happen to me - get rid of that brand of heater! Ebo is the
type to get (also get ground probe in there if you don't already have one...)
Also make sure that the heater is secure - if it's bouncing around n the sump you're
asking for trouble.
(sorry to hear about your loss - nice fish!)
-Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Ziggy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:55 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
When I left this morning for work I have a habit of checking the temp and the sump
water level every morning.The water level was exaxtly were I have it set for my
top-off system and the temp was 79 degrees and the heater was on.I went to work at 6
a.m. My wife called me at 9 a.m. at work and sayed something was wrong with the tank
it smelled and still smells like electrical burning.You should see the heater both
ends were blown out .The top of the heater were the control knob is was burned to a
crisp.The metal wrapping under the glass were you read the temp was burned and charred
like a metal can in a burn barrel.I think that is what what poisoned the tank,lots of
metal deposits from the burnt coils and metal covering????I wish I had enough
saltwater mixed up to do the whole tank.The goby just died.Thats all my fish gone
because of a faulty heater.I will post the brand name later.I lost a beautiful sailfin
Tang,watchman goby.diamondback sleeper gobie,cleaner wrasse,flame hawkfish,purple
bicolor blennie,green spotted mandarin and cleaner shrimp.The only upbeat note is that
my corals about 15 of them are showing signs of opening a little.I have done a 10
gallon water change and I am waiting for 5 more gallons of ro/di water to get
done.Depressing.I just got done hardplumbing my tank with an iwaki 40 rlxt and I was
going to get my refugium going this weekend and now this.I just can't explain how bad
my tank water smells now like electrical burn.The heater itself smelled so bad I had
to put it in a ziplock bag.I thought Visa-therm was a good quality heater?Does anyone
suggest a good fully submersible heater? Thanks for the info and I'll keep ya informed
on my progress.Ken.----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:20 PM
Subject: RE: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> Ken,
>
> Did the temperature in your tank go up? I am wondering if the heater
> stuck on and overheated the water before it broke, or if it just
> shattered.
Please
> dont blame yourself, you had a faulty piece of equipment. We cant
> blame ourselves for things that are out of our control.
>
> Now, for the immediate need. Good idea on the poly filters and carbon.
> I would continue to run those. You can use your salt mix as soon as it
mixes,
> but I would give it 15 - 20 minutes of solid heavy mixing. If you can
throw
> extra powerheads in their to really mix it, do so.
>
> I am hesitant to say it was chemicals in the heater that caused your
fishes
> to die, but it is possible. Check your temp, please.
>
> I know this sucks, I have had similar situations. Just do what you can
> to fix it, and move on.
>
> Let us know temp and progress.
>
> Shane C.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Ziggy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:09 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> >
> > My Heater in my sump actually exploded and burned.It was a brand new
> > one
I
> > just bought.I forget the name.I'm really bummed out.All my fish
> > exept my watchman goby died and he isn't doing very well.I emptied
> > the sump and cleaned all the broken glass out and changed the water
> > in the sump.I put three layers of polyfilters in and activated
> > carbon.I only had a 5
gallon
> > bucket of fresh saltwater to do a water change on my 75 gallon
> > reeftank.I'm mixing as much as I can as fast as my ro/di unit can
> > kep up with.How long really do I have to wait before I can use the
> > new mix.I
know
> > they say 24 hours but this is an emergency.The bag actually says
> > emediately.Can I do this in this situation.My skimmer is on full
> > tilk also.I have lots of corals and 150 pounds of live rock I need
> > to save.Anyone with any suggestion's please help me.I don't know if
> > I
should
> > get any other chemical filter like chemi-pure or not?Dumby me I
> > didn't have a ground probe on the tank either.But I'm running out to
> > get one now.I feel like I just let my tank down.I feel bad enough
> > whats going on with what happened in new york and the pentegon.Now I
> > feel down right deppressed.If anyone can help please respond asap.Thanks Ken.My
>email is
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you need it.
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