Survey: Failed heater owners - did it fail on or fail off? brand?

[idonthavegills]

My ideal heater setup would be two heaters with one acting as a backup, both of a make and model that fails off.
So in the interest of gathering statistical data which would benefit all, if you have had an aquarium heater fail on you …

did it fail on? (water boiled)
or fail off? (water cold)
also what brand was it?

 

[Carnifex]

I had a marineland stealth pro...it failed on...water was 92F. Luckily everybody survived. I'm running two fluval m100 in my 55 and they are working great!

 

[meegosh]

Had an Aquatech (I believe that was the brand) 150w that failed off but was smoking above the water line. It was a fully submersible but thankfully I had it on the back wall and the dial was above the water.

I had that thing for probably 10 years and was probably due to be replaced anyway.

 

[mrvincent]

You should have backup heater only in saltwater tanks, where temperature is not optionnal and where the tank cost lot of $$$!

 

[idonthavegills]

You should have backup heater only in saltwater tanks, where temperature is not optionnal and where the tank cost lot of $$$!

I think the owner of a 8 discus freshwater tank would disagree

 

[mrvincent]

I think the owner of a 8 discus freshwater tank would disagree

I mean you better have two heaters on expensives setups... And it's ugly two heaters in a small tank, except if you have something like a sump...

If you have 8 discus, you must have a big tank, and expensive equipement, and in this case, you have expensives fishs that together have very higher value than a backup heater... Will discus die after some days without heater ??? My tanks temperature are at 22C° without heater...

The only time I get temperatures drop is when I lose power. (It happened there's few days due to the fire in the neibourgh appartment block, it stressed me for my FW tank...)

And by this, I mean don't buy cheap heater to save few bucks if you buy expensives fishs(/corals for SW)

 

[Rafy0126]

I got two 300watts on my 125 Discus tank. I wouldn't never have just one to maintain a 85* temp. Btw they are Aqueon and they are doing great.

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[mrvincent]

I got two 300watts on my 125 Discus tank. I wouldn't never have just one to maintain a 85* temp. Btw they are Aqueon and they are doing great.

But in your case you need the two just to maintain temperature...


My first heater is a 50w no name one I think, and it's really big crap !!! My second one is a 100w fluval, it do the job great since 8 month, but I get temp fluctuations with it. My third one is a Eheim 100w for my SW since 1 month, and the temperature is perfect stable at +- 0.1C°.

The one I enjoy the most is the Eheim one, it's submersible, stable and steady, and now I trust Eheim more than everything else. I have eheim filtration too.