Justin March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 somehow my tep in tank is 82>> ..... i didnt even turn on heater or light at all... I just got back from work and touch on glass and .. Hot like..ss.... can u guys tell me what happen..... 1of my nake clown fish die.... bc water is hotttttttttttttt............ thanks
Guest thefishman65 March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 Did your heater break, or come uncalibrated. That is whta happened to me.
Justin March 7, 2011 Author March 7, 2011 wat.. are u seriouse??? i think heat is still working fine.. i didnt plug heater even it break .. is still effect to temp??
L8 2 RISE March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 (edited) 82 isn't that hot. My last tank ran between 80 and 83 regularly so 82 is not hot enough to kill your fish unless the change was very rapid. What temp is it normally? I think the thermometer is messed up if it's that hot when you touch the glass. BTW, did you find an RBTA? Edited March 7, 2011 by L8 2 RISE
Guest thefishman65 March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 Set heater at 78 and I double checked it. A while later (really don't know how long) it started shutting off at 82. Heater stop working as intended.
Justin March 7, 2011 Author March 7, 2011 my temp is around 73 or 75 .. but only today it come to 81.4.. and my clown fish die...... .................... not yet... Im dont need it right now since 1 of my nake clown fish just die.. So no point to get 1 now..................... any idea how that happen?? lucky that the rest fish is doing fine now.. but i can tell they are stress now since temp is hot................ Hottttttttttttt ...
Justin March 7, 2011 Author March 7, 2011 Set heater at 78 and I double checked it. A while later (really don't know how long) it started shutting off at 82. Heater stop working as intended. im unplug heater now.. and let see temp is going down or just keep going up........ thanks
hypertech March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 No heater is really reliable. That's why most people have or eventually end up with a controller. Set the controller at 78 and the heater at 80, for example, for redundancy and extra reliability. It sounds like the thermostat failed or was set wrong on the heater. I recommend getting a RKL or some other controller as soon as you are able to prevent this sort of accident from reoccuring. It happened to me when I started too. I never got to buying the controller till I had a tank at 90 degreed all of the sudden one day. I would never run a tank withut a controller now.
Justin March 7, 2011 Author March 7, 2011 No heater is really reliable. That's why most people have or eventually end up with a controller. Set the controller at 78 and the heater at 80, for example, for redundancy and extra reliability. It sounds like the thermostat failed or was set wrong on the heater. I recommend getting a RKL or some other controller as soon as you are able to prevent this sort of accident from reoccuring. It happened to me when I started too. I never got to buying the controller till I had a tank at 90 degreed all of the sudden one day. I would never run a tank withut a controller now. lol.. im shopping now @ thatpetplace to look replacement ..i think u are rite..... i rather spend some money to get better heater with controller since this is 1st happen to me and 1 of my clown fish die...... Make me feel sad.............. .. I just got another one from member WAMAS not long ago.. for him to match out .. but now he die.............. ............ but still .. i dont know why it happen...?? heater didnt even plug in at all.. and Light was turn off compelety?? and my tank going up 81.4 from 73.????????
Justin March 7, 2011 Author March 7, 2011 now it going down 80.. since i took heater out from my tank...... water is kind going down.. but let see ..
flowerseller March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 what do you use to determine temp and is that accurate? 82 will not kill a clown fish, naked or clothed, look for other reason.
L8 2 RISE March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 +1. Also, 73 is pretty low to be running a tank at. I just asked because I was in fins and feathers today and they have several rbta's, I was going to pm you but saw this and obviously right now isnt the best time.
treesprite March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 I've had heat spikes up to 90f for an entire day with no fish deaths, and only about 25% coral loss (not much considering the temperature - I expected more).
GraffitiSpotCorals March 7, 2011 March 7, 2011 Yea my tank went to 82 yesterday, fish are fine. Might check your levels to make sure?
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