So I come home from work and was fooling with my tank because I just bought some branching hammer and I thought man this water feels warm. I look at the thermometer and it was 90+. The heater seems to be stuck on so I took it out turned the lights out and put some ice in a bag to cool it down slowly. Over night I covered the tank up with a blanket to keep the temp from dropping below 78. Since my hammer hasn't come out much so I worried that it may be a goner. Anyone know if it's ok or just stressed out? Everything else seems to be ok my polyps and mushrooms were all still out doing well.
Oh crap!!!
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Maxxingout
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it's going to depend on how long it was at that temp. My guess is since your other stuff is fine that your hammer should be also.
I would REALLY look into get a Ranco temp controller. Not a lot of money, no more than your hammer cost probably, but a life saver. It will also help with keeping your temps stable which is another big plus.
I would REALLY look into get a Ranco temp controller. Not a lot of money, no more than your hammer cost probably, but a life saver. It will also help with keeping your temps stable which is another big plus.
Get a ranco controller. Heaters and ATO kill more tanks.
BIGCYCS805
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hopefully there's no repercussions and everything survives I had a bow front tank crash because of a heater getting stuck on and killed almost everything i ordered a Digital Aquatics ReefKeeper light that same day I haven't had a problem since
jd371
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Yeah, you should have a controller on the heater. Most of the time heaters fail is when they are in the on mode.. I have a Ranco, but when the probe on the Ranco failed I bought one of these to get me by until I repaired the Ranco. Cheaper than the Ranco and just as good so far. The only thing with this in comparison to the Ranco is the temp swing setting, it is set to one degree, with the Ranco I believe you can set it up to 30.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LWSPE78?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LWSPE78?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
Reef Frog
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I hear ya Steve. But I'm just saying instead of having to pay for and put another box under the cabinet, having a reliable quality designed heater with controller would seem to be a sure fire winner in the market place.
Even if this theoretical heater were used with a controller, it would be nice to have the redundancy. Plus, it's not unusual to have a DT, a frag tank & a QT all running somewhere in the house. Who wants 3 Rancos? I've just wondered why some of the top companies like Tunze can't give their designers & engineers a crack at building a non POS heater. I'll buy 3.
Even if this theoretical heater were used with a controller, it would be nice to have the redundancy. Plus, it's not unusual to have a DT, a frag tank & a QT all running somewhere in the house. Who wants 3 Rancos? I've just wondered why some of the top companies like Tunze can't give their designers & engineers a crack at building a non POS heater. I'll buy 3.
eddiereefs
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Same thing happened to me. U would know if the hammer was dead. It would just slime away. Is there long strings of slime comming out of it? If not ur fine
Reef Frog
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Back when I was a kid with fresh water tanks, I remember that you were never to put the top of the thermostat underwater. But today they are all submersible and many if not most people put them completely underwater. I wonder if that contributes to the failure rate a little bit?
