k9_wolf
New Member
OK I'm not new to the hobby but I've never had this happen before!
I have a 75g reef up for about a year and two months I stuck my hand into my sump to do something and noticed the water was hot! that's when i found the heater shattered and bubbling in the corner.
My question is the main tank didn't get hot but could the old heater have leeched copper or something else into the water cause ever since my corals
have lost most of their color and they don't look good
If so is their anything i can do?
Pics of heater and coral below And thank you in advance
Dan
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I have a 75g reef up for about a year and two months I stuck my hand into my sump to do something and noticed the water was hot! that's when i found the heater shattered and bubbling in the corner.
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My question is the main tank didn't get hot but could the old heater have leeched copper or something else into the water cause ever since my corals
have lost most of their color and they don't look good
If so is their anything i can do?
![](https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/data/smilies/brickwall.gif)
Pics of heater and coral below And thank you in advance
Dan
![](https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/data/4/46/46aa3d8f_vbattach210273.jpg/width/525/height/525/flags/LL)
![](https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/data/0/0f/0f5e600b_vbattach210274.jpg/width/525/height/525/flags/LL)
![](https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/data/6/6f/6f89e270_vbattach210275.jpg/width/525/height/525/flags/LL)
![](https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/data/9/94/94dda5ce_vbattach210276.jpg/width/525/height/525/flags/LL)