heater dissaster :-(

[gr1mm]

well my heater got stuck on over night and the temperature went up over 85 possibly 90 and I think all my fish friends are gonners! I cant find my clown and fire fish, my torch and hammers and lobo are gonners, zoas looked pissed. waiting for the lfs to open so I can go get some water to do a water change...

 

[robert_ellis]

Bummer

 

[Six2seven]

Ouch. Sorry bro

 

[Justkeepswimming]

Sorry to hear! This is a common issue in this hobby it seems. Get your self a apex JR. to turn off your heaters incase this happens again...

 

[Pegasus]

ouch..... that blows! thats my fear as well. i got a RKL to give me some reassurance.

 

[gr1mm]

i know i need an apex, i have a ranco controller but since the water dropped bellow the probe due to evaporation the d*mm thing was reading a cool 69 pos lol

 

[Bck2hobby]

reply sorry to hear

 

[gr1mm]

just realize that the ranco controller should be able shut off a heater if it gets to hot, i just always had it set up for a fan and never bother to learn its other features, time to google and youtube!

 

[MedicBMC]

Ouch! Sorry to hear man...relying on a heater scares me.

 

[Reefomeez]

Be careful with that water. It's possible paly toxins were released from your polyps with that heat. Make sure the area is well ventilated and use gloves to get the water and livestock out. Paly poisoning is NO joke.

 

[lowbudget]

just realize that the ranco controller should be able shut off a heater if it gets to hot, i just always had it set up for a fan and never bother to learn its other features, time to google and youtube!

if you have the dual you can turn on and off with heater you dont need a apex. a old school ac jr is good enough,

 

[lowbudget]

Be careful with that water. It's possible paly toxins were released from your polyps with that heat. Make sure the area is well ventilated and use gloves to get the water and livestock out. Paly poisoning is NO joke.

use a lot of carbon

 

[gr1mm]

how much water should i change? zoas don't look dead some of them are open just a bit pissed off is a 28 jbj nano

 

[lowbudget]

8 gallon make sure temp is not a big difference slowly add the water

 

[mkfmedic]

Sorry to hear this. I'm just wondering if 85 degrees is really that hot? When I had my 30 gallon, there would be days that my tank's temp would rise into the low 80's and I never lost any livestock or coral. I don't have a chiller on my 120, but then gagin, I live a block away from the beach, so I really don't have to worry about big temperature swings or extremes. I hope your fish are just hiding.

+1 on the Apex. You will never regret having a tank controller and all the redundancy they offer!

Best of luck,

Mike

 

[gr1mm]

yeah i don't think 85 would of been a big deal since i keep my tank temp at 80 but it crept up to the 90's i will raise the temp on the water to try to math that of my tank to avoid another temperature swing. thanks guys.

 

[ngvu1]

There is a $20 solution to this problem. EBay has $20 temp control plus your heater has 1. That's like double protection. I have been OK for the last 3years.

Search eBay for temperature controller like the stc1000 model better than the $17 ones. Can't do link w this stupid tablet at the moment.

 

[gr1mm]

There is a $20 solution to this problem. EBay has $20 temp control plus your heater has 1. That's like double pyotection. I have been OK for the last 3years.

your post without link means nothing lol j/k the ranco should work but i gotta figure out how to use it.

 

[gr1mm]

this is what my tank looks like as of today, it sucks looking at an empty tank... yesterday I found and pull out my Wyoming clown fish. I did find about 6 hermit crabs and a giant snail that survive the seafood soup lol

 

[lowbudget]

Bummer sorry. The rancho controller shoul be easy to setup