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05-20-2008, 11:17 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Jersey
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|  Heater Exploded!!!
I was doing some maintence on my sump so I removed my heater among other things I put my heater on the tile floor and I didn't unplug it " STUPID MOVE" I finished what I was doing and went to put the heater back in the sump and SIZZLE BOOM it exploded. Well I guess I thought the heater would shut off when it was out of the water and it didn't lucky for me I have a grounding probe in the system or I might have just electrocuted my whole tank. I have been watching the tank today and I do not see any problems everyone is swimming and happy corals are out etc. lesson learned luckily I have my back up heater that I use when I make water . 
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120 Gal Reef Tank Born 12/06 160+ Lbs of Live Rock 80 Lbs Live Sand
25 Gal Sump with fuge 15 lbs of Live Rock
(2) 250w 20K MH and (4) 65w CF Atinics (6) Moonlights
Aqua C EV Skimmer
(4) Hydor Korillia # 3s
(1) yellow chromis
(1) green coris wrasse
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05-20-2008, 11:22 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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Originally Posted by Crabby Jim  I was doing some maintence on my sump so I removed my heater among other things I put my heater on the tile floor and I didn't unplug it " STUPID MOVE" I finished what I was doing and went to put the heater back in the sump and SIZZLE BOOM it exploded. Well I guess I thought the heater would shut off when it was out of the water and it didn't lucky for me I have a grounding probe in the system or I might have just electrocuted my whole tank. I have been watching the tank today and I do not see any problems everyone is swimming and happy corals are out etc. lesson learned luckily I have my back up heater that I use when I make water . | 3 words...
Titanium, Titanium, Titanium..............
You're lucky you didn't get fried. I hear it's an electrifying experience! Glad to hear everyone is fine!!! phhheeewwwww! | |
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05-20-2008, 11:58 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lynnwood, WA
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That is why I love the stealth heaters. They are all I use. They are plastic (maybe vinyl) and shut off when they are taken out of water. They are a little more expensive but are really accurate and reliable.
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05-20-2008, 01:18 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Glad your ok, Now you know not to take the heater out of the water until it is turned off & cooled down... _________ Hardware-55G Rena Md,Filstar XP3 Filter, 200w Heater, 1xSeio 2, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Midas Blenny, Clown, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple/Hairy Mushroom's, Xenia, Button, Green, Yellow Polyps, Toadstool Leather,Finger Leather, Purple tip Frogspawn.  | |
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05-20-2008, 01:21 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Thank God youre ok, now did it make you jump?..lol j/k
nice to know nobody got hurt | |
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05-20-2008, 01:43 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Weston, Florida Age: 28
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You're lucky you didn't get fried. I hear it's an electrifying experience! Glad to hear everyone is fine!!! phhheeewwwww!
| Ahhh, 110's nothing just a lil wake me up for us anyway, fish would prolly be a different story, glad everything made it. _________ 75gal hex, 2-40w T12 48", odyssea 48" 4x65w PC's w/ lunars, 50lbs LR, 80lbs LS, gold banded maroon clown, dog faced puffer, juvenile blue angel, 2 dominoes, 1-4 stripe damsel, yellow watchman gobie, lawnmower blenny, mano, purple chromis, striped grouper, mexican turbo, astrea and red foot snails, striped, red and blue legged hermit crabs, coral banded shrimp, white and purple bubble coral(very little), red and green mushrooms, orange gorgonian, candycane  Tanks, No Thanks. We Free Dive! | |
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05-20-2008, 04:44 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007
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That stinks... | |
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05-20-2008, 05:42 PM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parma Ohio Age: 27
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I did that with a 250 watt eheim during a water change once. It was unplugged and all, its just when i drained the container i had it heating it wasnt cooled down enuf to expose to air and pop, glass all in my container. I still use eheim but also like the stealths too....plastic or not i wouldnt expose them to air until they are cooled off. | |
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05-20-2008, 08:06 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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You were very lucky for many reasons, thank god. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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05-20-2008, 08:32 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Originally Posted by cuttingras 3 words...
Titanium, Titanium, Titanium..............
You're lucky you didn't get fried. I hear it's an electrifying experience! Glad to hear everyone is fine!!! phhheeewwwww! | Most titaniums have a auto shut off built in that won't let them burn out of water. Glad eveything is ok. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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