Heater Malfunction...question regarding the coral

nanoman1

nanoman1

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Well my heater malfunctioned and the temp reached about 90. I have a hammer coral and as a result, the soft tentacles all came off and all that remains is the skeleton. Is there still hope or is it completely dead?
 
bulldog123

bulldog123

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I dont know about the health of your coral but if you add a temp control $70 it will keep you from cooking your tank.
 
scsinet

scsinet

Active Member
A pic would help, but from the description and the temperature, I highly doubt it survived.
For everyone's sake, what brand of heater was it?
 
xcali1985

xcali1985

Active Member
I thought I had a malfunctioned heater in my sump when one of them wouldn't turn off and the other would on the other end. Turns out that water flow has a cooling effect and even though your temp may read ok the heater is being cooled by the flow. I moved it to another chamber in my sump where the water flow was less and it worked perfect. So I put it back into the other chamber but at a lower temp.
Point I'm trying to make is that while the heater may have malfunctioned in your case it should be known that this to can cause the illusion of a broken heater.
I'm also curious as to what brand it was. Would love to read the reviews on it.
 
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