How to set your house on fire during a water change....

[zigginit]

so I figured out the best way to set you house on fire during a water change. first you mix your new salt water in a trash can in the garage. next you add you mixing pump, and of course your 300w heater. Oh and be use to set the mixing trash can right next to gas cans and boxes in your garage too, that part is important. next suck out said water to be changed and set up the pump connected to a long hose to pump new water from garage to tank in the house. Be sure and stay in the house to make sure the tank is filling with new water and everything is going smooth. then the last part is to forget to remove the 300w heater that is still plugged in and now sitting in a empty plastic trash can. works like a champ every time....:a33:

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just kidding.... that is not my house thank god. however I did do exactly as I said and walked out into the garage to see a thick column of dark smoke coming out of the trash can that was next to the gas cans. the heater was starting on fire due to being out of the water. I was lucky to catch it in time. here is the heater.

 

[Fly5150]

I've done that with a heater...twice. Now I unplug everything before I add the pump to can. Smh.


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[SJCfisherman]

**** I thought that was your house at first, I was thinking da*m he sure is positive for someone that just had their house burn down lol

 

[janiners305]

Doh!!

sent from this awsome galaxy note 4

 

[lowbudget]

lol.... hence i dont use a heater to heat up my water. too dangerous

 

[pikachux3]

I use a bucket, so I kinda have to take out the heater + mixing pump to pour the water into the tank

 

[barbazoid]

Dude I thought you really did burn our house down. Then I scrolled lol.

 

[F-Dawg]

Dude I thought you really did burn our house down. Then I scrolled lol.

He got me . They should make a heater with a mini float switch or a optical sensor to detect water as safety feature. No water, No heat.

 

[barbazoid]

He got me . They should make a heater with a mini float switch or a optical sensor to detect water as safety feature. No water, No heat.

Hold on in gonna patent that

 

[gumbii]

He got me . They should make a heater with a mini float switch or a optical sensor to detect water as safety feature. No water, No heat.

them stealth marineland ones turn off when there's no water... but they suck.. LOL...

 

[ndrwater]

Holy sh!t!!! Thought that was your house!! Glad you caught it in time.. Scary though... So far, I haven't forgotten the heater, just the pump moving water between the two tanks. All I ended up with was a wet floor a couple of times..

 

[pgr11]

That's why I heat the water once I pump it into the sump. Glad nothing bad really happened

 

[rayray]

thats why I stopped using heaters entirely. in d'Valley i really dont need one. anyway, colder is better as more oxygen is dissolved in cold water. even coral need oxygen.

besides, heaters remind me of curling irons. I cant count how many times my sister, mother and wife have nearly burned down a house with those. women, always fronting with curled hair, like "it takes work to be this hot, your a guy, no one looks at you!"

 

[zigginit]

them stealth marineland ones turn off when there's no water... but they suck.. LOL...

that is a stealth marineland heater lol....

this could have been so bad now that I think about it more. there way like 4 gallons of gas right next to it and my garage has a high fire load lol.

 

[gumbii]

hahaha... i told you they suck...

 

[zigginit]

It was just for mixing water so it never got used much. it never worked right anyways. I left it over night before in the water and it made the water like 100 degrees lol. I had to let it cool off

 

[Scout]

I have a crappy little heater that has only 1 setting, and a Heat guard, when you plug it in it automatically will heat up to 75 degrees, no higher no lower. And the Heat guard won't melt my trash can lol.