Why me?????

gemmy

gemmy

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So, I hear this annoying alarm. I think stupid apartment fire alarm, but wait it's coming from my tank. The heater alarm is going off. The tank is reading 91 and I check my thermometer and sure enough it's 91. I have no clue why. Either my heater is malfunctioning or something else. Could it be my vortechs? The motor part is pretty warm. I have never had the tank this warm and it was only in the 80's today. I cranked the air (it was off). Any ideas?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Poor Krista :( I would go with heater....did you unplug it?
The vortechs motors are on the outside, so I highly doubt they could heat up the tank.....do you have any other internal equipment?
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///forum/thread/386256/why-me#post_3391549
So, I hear this annoying alarm. I think stupid apartment fire alarm, but wait it's coming from my tank. The heater alarm is going off. The tank is reading 91 and I check my thermometer and sure enough it's 91. I have no clue why. Either my heater is malfunctioning or something else. Could it be my vortechs? The motor part is pretty warm. I have never had the tank this warm and it was only in the 80's today. I cranked the air (it was off). Any ideas?
pumps, probably not that high. It has to be heater. Is it reading on, as in is the light on saying its heating? What do you have that was an alarm? A controller? And if its a controller why would it allow your heater to go that high?
 
gemmy

gemmy

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I did unplug it but first I felt the heater and it was not hot. I know not smart. I have my maxi jet 1200 for the skimmer, two other powerheads, a canister filter and hob filter all running on the tank.
 
gemmy

gemmy

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pumps, probably not that high. It has to be heater. Is it reading on, as in is the light on saying its heating? What do you have that was an alarm? A controller? And if its a controller why would it allow your heater to go that high?
I have a finnex heater that has a controller and the default alarm setting is 91.
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///forum/thread/386256/why-me#post_3391553
I did unplug it but first I felt the heater and it was not hot. I know not smart. I have my maxi jet 1200 for the skimmer, two other powerheads, a canister filter and hob filter all running on the tank.
That's a lot but I don't believe, nor have had my tanks get that hot off pumps/powerheads.Has it dropped in temp since you unplugged the heater?
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Jerth6932 http:///forum/thread/386256/why-me#post_3391557
That's a lot but I don't believe, nor have had my tanks get that hot off pumps/powerheads.Has it dropped in temp since you unplugged the heater?
I have to agree on that one......a maxi jet is pretty small...and I am sure you would feel that much heat coming from something like that
 
gemmy

gemmy

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It's dropping.
Time for a new heater. This bites. At least, it was caught and it's summer so I can get by with no heater for a few days.
 
gemmy

gemmy

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I have to agree on that one......a maxi jet is pretty small...and I am sure you would feel that much heat coming from something like that
 
 
The weird thing is that I don't feel heat coming from anything except the motors for the mp10. Oh well. The temp is dropping and my tank is mad
 
gemmy

gemmy

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I don;t use a heater at all during the summer.....

how old is this heater?
Four months old.
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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I have a finnex heater that has a controller and the default alarm setting is 91.
Ohhhh that isn't a good alarm temp, can you switch that? I would have it set at like 80-81 degrees. 91 is cooking temp.... and not a good setting at all... I guess its better then not..... cause it could of gotten way worse!
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Jerth6932 http:///forum/thread/386256/why-me#post_3391567
Ohhhh that isn't a good alarm temp, can you switch that? I would have it set at like 80-81 degrees. 91 is cooking temp.... and not a good setting at all... I guess its better then not..... cause it could of gotten way worse!
85 maybe.....80-81 is an ok temp.....wouldn't go higher...but mine runs 80 in the summer
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Definitely the heater. That stinks!
I run MP 40's, the outside motor gets hot, but it doesn't transfer to the inside, at least not enough to make the tank spike that high.
 
tangs rule

tangs rule

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I've had heaters "run away" before a couple times now in the last ten years. That's why anymore I use multiple smaller wattage heaters in the sump versus bigger ones. The smaller ones give you more time to catch the run-away before things are "cooked". Glad that you caught it tn time! Like meo, it's fo bleepin hot down here this time of year, I'll not need a heater till October, so they stay unplugged. Hope everything recovers :)
 
flower

flower

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What a nightmare, I'm glad everything is okay. My friend had a heater go bad, and his tank broke because it got so hot. He wasn't there and it cooked overnight. I never knew thay made alarms for over heated tanks. What a blessing to have.
 
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for what it's worth, one of the nices setups Ive seen was a 8' tank that was sitting at 92 degrees. He had a problem with his heater too a long time ago, it just never shuts off and it holds his temp in his tank right at 92 and EVERYTHING in there looked fabulous. So while your corals may be pissed right now I don't think it's going to hurt them much.
That reminds me, that guy had the biggest sixline I've ever seen by like double. amazing fish.
 
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