heater gone mad

hunt

hunt

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yesterday when i was cleaning the 75g, i put a thermometer in there to see the temp and everything was fine, i forgot about the thermometer and left it in there. I remembered it a few monments ago and went to go get it. When i looked at it again, the water was 88 degrees, i took the heater out and i have it in a bucket of fresh water and im trying to find out what went wrong. Anyone have any ideas?
btw, the notch thing was at 79 degrees.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Sometimes they break....how old is it? Don't you keep a thermometer in your tank all the time? IF NOT YOU SHOULD
 
hunt

hunt

Active Member
its not my tank and i know there should be a thermometer but i just cant afford a three dollar thermometer(jk).
Its prabably 2-3 years old
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
LOL....The glass ones are $1.67 at Walmart
I have had heaters for 10 years, and heaters for 2-3 ya never know....
BUT Before I used it again....I WOULDN'T LOL I'd tell whoever it belongs to to just be safe and get a new one
 
hunt

hunt

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prabably gonna end up getting a new one, but i have had it in a 5g bucket of water for almost a half hour and the temp is 82 in the bucket, ill prabably let it sit for a few more hours before i make a desision.
The only prolem with a new heater is its a 50 dollar heater, but thats why R.J has a job at *****(20% off everything for him and family
)
 
bla403

bla403

Member
You could always use the broken one to get buckets of replacement water up to temp before a water change.. I use my old somewhat busted powerheads and heaters for that purpose. I notice my heater went nuts because the chiller kept turning on so much and I realized that the heater was going at the same time as the chiller so I replaced it
 
hunt

hunt

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i just get water that i think feels right from the tub, mis salt, take water out of tank, then dump that water in, i dont think its nessisary to let it sit over night, i also mix with a net, not a pawerhead, but every one has there methods
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Hunt
http:///forum/post/3252708
i just get water that i think feels right from the tub, mis salt, take water out of tank, then dump that water in, i dont think its nessisary to let it sit over night, i also mix with a net, not a pawerhead, but every one has there methods
 
hunt

hunt

Active Member
i take it you dont agree,
by feels right, i mean a little warmer than room temp, wich to me is normally 85 degrees (I use a thermometer before i add salt also)so i have time to mix and it will be around 80 then, i mix the salt for about an hour, then siphon out the tank water, and fill it up, i know there is still undissolved salt and what not, but ive been doing lt like this my whole "fish career" and have had 0 water related problems do to water changes, sao its not a shot in the dark, im just not extremely cautioous
 
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