Heater exploted please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  1. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    I forgot to do a top off yesterday and the heater exploted!! Apparently the water went down enough so that the heater was exposed. A one plastic melted!!!!!! ( the one that holds the heater to the glass) I'm so scared for my fish... What do I do? I already took the heater out. I am running carbon. Please help!!!
     
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  2. NEW REEFER

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    Calm down, your not the first one to bust a heater in the tank, If you already removed the heater, great start, is there any broken glass in the tank that needs to come out, and did anyone get electrocuted?
     
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  3. grinder37

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    do you have gfi outlets or breakers?
     
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  4. elweshomayor

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    thankfully no one got hurt... i got home from school and checked my water levels.. i saw they were down and then i smelled like burning plastic.. i was like wtf? then i checked the heater and it was half out of the water and half in. the top part was melting the plastic and so i turned everything off. then i took the heater off as fast as i could. it gaved off some gas i think? ( could have been evaporating water)
     
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  5. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    i have an outlet with a breaker inside? is that what a gfi outlet is?
     
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  6. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    right now im worried about my fish.. are they going to be ok? I have everything turned off right now.
     
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    they should be fine. time for a titanium heater e
     
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  8. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    tell me about it:stars: that was a scare...:-/
     
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    Turn it all back on and check your water chemistry, I don't think you have anything to worry about....
     
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  10. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    alright.. ill do the top off first then turn everything on then ill add my replacement heater. then ill check my water chemistry.:-/
     
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