Not the best weekend (1 Viewer)

[mikster]

Probably me... I don't recall the fried the tank part but did shock the living daylights out of me.

PSA - Leaking Voltage & GFCI | Marine and Reef General Discussion

Well this thread won’t be as interesting/spirited as some others. But I had quite the shocking experience last night. I was feeding the fish in my various tanks with no shoes on (grounded) and went to dip a cup of food in my LPS tank. Whamo. I was shocked and it wasn’t one of those little...

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I got yours mixed up with Hangman, his was ceramic that cracked and overheated his tank

My tank crashed last night. | Marine and Reef General Discussion

Always happy to help a fellow hobbyist. (y)

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[steveb]

oh yeah I remember that one... heaters what a pain...

 

[Tangs]

I had an older heater get some salt water into it a week ago. Glass did not break... Talk about sparks flying... I am glad I was home at the time and was able to disconnect it. Only heaters I buy now are water resistant submersable .... play safe

 

[mbornreefer]

Well the clam didn’t make it, all the sps are gone. Everything else looks to be doing ok. Not as devastating as I thought it would be, but should have not been a cheap butt and bought the titanium heaters.

 

[decimal]

What a mess. Sorry for all that you lost and glad for everything that survived.


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[webster1234]

Wow, that's frustrating and disappointing.

 

[mbornreefer]

Update.. I lost my clam one of my stick sps (not sure the name) and one incrusting sps. Everything else bounced back!

 

[phhoth]

Does anybody's tank ever get cold enough to turn the heater on? My chiller cycles on and off all winter. I have a heater in there. It's a titanium one so hopefully its more durable, but i have thought about taking it out as I don't think it has kicked on in 5 years. If its not in there, that is one less thing to go wrong.

I AGREE!!

 

[Bigfishy]

Sorry to hear.

We keep the house at 67 in the winter and the heaters do come on. Mainly at night when the pumps are cut back and the lights are off. They do come on a few times during the day.


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[frankc]

Update.. I lost my clam one of my stick sps (not sure the name) and one incrusting sps. Everything else bounced back!

I'm glad to hear there is some good news in all this.