cschwarz Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 so my heater in my tank exploded a few hours ago causing my tanks water temp to go from 78 to almost 90 in just a few minutes. so as of right know i have lost my beloved copper banded butterfly fish, long nose butterfly fish and my green mandarin. so i tossed some ice cubes in the sump to bring down the temp some and that is working out nicely. so everything else in the tank is looking all right but very unhappy. i put some more carbon in the sump and did a 10% water change. but my big concern is my clam. he is wide open but its mantel is all suck in. do you think he will be ok? all the coral are just slimming up allot and all shriveled up. do you know of anything i can do to help everyone out? but i think i have found what has been shocking me(sad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 If you are close to anyone on the forum, get with them, they may be willing to take your corals off your hands. Is this the first time this has happened to you? I've never heard of a heater flat out exploding, but, hey, first time for everything. You might want to have an electrician come in an check your lines, you might have had a surge or something, or hell, I dunno, but it can't never hurt to have an electrician check your house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moto826 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 keep the ice in a bag so you don't lower the salinity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Moto has a [language filter] good point, if you keep throwing ice cubes in there, your salinity is going to go to hell man.... Also, how old is your tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 ya i just moved some of my corals and clam to my other tank. so as of right know my temp is back down to about 82. ya i will call one first thing in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 Moto has a [language filter] good point, if you keep throwing ice cubes in there, your salinity is going to go to hell man.... Also, how old is your tank? my tank has been up and running for about 6 months. but the heater is only a week old! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 the description of the clam sounds like its already dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 but when i touch it it closes for a few minutes, then slowly reopens. i hope it pulls through i have had this clam for five years lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 so its 24 hours cents the the heater blow up. i have lost a few more of my beloved corals but it looks like my clam may pull through. it is know oping up about half way and reacts to me waving my hand over the light.but all of my anemones and corals for the most part are closed up still hope there start looking better here soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Man sorry hear about this-I have had heaters explode but only when exposed to air. Next heater you buy,you might try getting a metal one, I have a Marineland in one tank and Finnex in the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 thanks. ya i wil look into them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 so it has been just about a week after my heater blew up and everything is starting to recover and open up again. i am so surprised even my poor clam is almost fully opening up. i went out and got my self a new titanium heater from patrick at saltwater fanta-seas its working great! only thing i have to worry about now is all the new algae i have growing all over the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Glad to hear things are getting better. What brand of heater exploded? I just want to know so I don't buy one in the future LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 it was a 200 watt Marineland Visi-Therm Heater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I would get on the phone with marineland and chew them a new one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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