Heater killed my fish

[hiltymj]

In my predatory tank. 75 gallon. I had a small miniataus grouper and a jewel damsel my heater went nuts and heated it to what felt like 90 degrees.

What's a good trustworthy heater I can get?

 

[joel618]

Sorry to hear about your fish. What kind of heater was it?

 

[hiltymj]

I got it from a friend I'll have to check cause I forget. Luckily my damsel is still alive. But the grouper didn't make it

 

[AquaRick]

Sorry to hear about your fish loss

Was it a glass heater? The titanium element heaters tend to fare better than the glass ones.

 

[hiltymj]

Ya it was a glass heater

 

[tonedogz]

how cold does it get in your home that you need a heater. I haven"t used a heater in 10 years you should be able to make it without one

 

[hiltymj]

I always like to keep my house cold so that one reason but if I didn't have a heater I bet my tank would be about 70 at the most.

 

[tonedogz]

hopefully it would be around 75 and you'd be good. I'v found that heaters go bad like that sometimes thats why I don't use one. Try it out without it and see how it goes, if it gets to cold you can always add one. Good luck.

 

[Vircomore]

I can vouch for the Fluval M line of heaters (although I'm a freshie) as a good titanium submersible. Simple controls and a solid-reflective body. The activation LED actually shines through the reflective coating when it's on, but then vanishes when it's off.

 

[potatochobit]

how cold does it get in your home that you need a heater. I haven"t used a heater in 10 years you should be able to make it without one

you live in NY and you don't use a heater during the winter?
it really depends on the fish you have though
I just bought a new heater aqueon pro, never heard of it before but I hvnt bought a heater in years
its not glass is all i was worried about

 

[rdnelson99]

you live in NY and you don't use a heater during the winter?

I would say it depends on what kind of lighting you are running and how close it is to the water line. For instance, my tank maintained a constant 79 while I ran 2 T5HO lamps at about 6" above the water line. Just changed to 6 T5HO mounted about 8" over the water line and now it stays at about 81-82. I am watching very close to see if I am going to have to run a chiller or not. If you are running Metal Halide lights, the heat from them may be even greater.