Visa Therm Stealth stuck,

[jm82792]

So does that happen that oftren for heaters ?

It was set to 75F the tank was a constant 78F.

Then my red shroom(more sensitive) got small very small.

My tanks tempeture was 85F ! So I have the top open and

have my trusted preset to 78F 100 watt cheapo tetra stealth heater in the tank.

Dr foster and smith is going to replace it,the women was a tightwad

of the elite tighwads but I'm getting a shipping label

Man if I had the tank hit 90F I woulda had dead shrooms and another tank cycle (nutty)

[jptrson]

Just had the same thing happen to me, lost alot of stoneys. What sucks is that the digital thermometer didn't work either so it took too long to figure it out.

[jm82792]

Well I have an old fashioned alcohol thermometer atleast it didn't kill anything.

The cheapest heater you can buy is working better than my stealth heater.

[andy]

Pretty much all of the heaters on the market have cheap thermostats. A temperature controller of some sort or another (Ranco single/dual stage, or AquaController type) is a really good idea.

[jm82792]

I don't really have the money right now :(

I have enough to pay for a frag pack thats about it.

Whats weird is my tetra heater thats been running for 8 months has been working well(constant 78F) in my planted FW 10 gallon community tank. I'll look into a heater controller or would the titanium heater work ?

[andy]

I switched from Finnex Titanium heaters to Visitherm Stealth because imo the titaniums were junk. Looks like the Visitherms are equally junky.

[Nyles]

Ranco or controller. Even the best thermo can break and when they do 90% of the time they are stuck "on".

[stylaster]

ive only used ebo jager heaters and haven't had a problem yet (cross fingers)

[jm82792]

Well it's another wonderul worry now

I'll be getting a new one back,I'm home most of the time due to being homeschooled.

But if I sometimes like in a year from now of loving reefing do a 55 gallon I will have an aqua controller junior for sure. Then I can have 2 heaters and all the other wonders of automation.

[WAVES]

ive only used ebo jager heaters and haven't had a problem yet (cross fingers)

 

I second that... I sold 3-4 other brands, i have never had an ebo returned.

[Nyles]

FYI for those with stealth, those have lifetime warranty, take is back to your LFS they should swap out. I got a bad one and they swaped out on spot a while back, I think the warranty stands, at least my LFS does it even without receipt.