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[KnoxvilleIa]

I have had some bad luck as well,
chaulk it up to experiance, I set up a 75 gallon with a puffer ( dogface), lion and a eel.
a week ago they all stopped eating, multipal water checks and all seems well.
did water changes, running carbon. allwisr run a cheap coralife skimmer rated for 125 on puffer is a messy eater.
the other day I got a shock, did not untill I spilled water and knelled down. Grabbed the volt meter 117 volts to ground.

I was not running a titanium ground probe my fault.
lion fish layed on the bottom untill he died.

culpert was a cheap titanium heater.

sooo I drove a earth ground by the wall and hooked up a ground.

the eel finaly started to eat, puffer still hangs up by the return line
squints and just hovers there still not eating.

 

[dastratt]

Sorry to hear.

Do you have GCFI outlets? If not you may be lucky there wasn't a fire. Realize you don't feel lucky at the moment.

Ground probe = bad idea with no GCFI, fish would have been shocked anyway. Granted you wouldn't have been.

Could you tell us what brand of heater .. Won bros? Pro Heat I or II?

 

[KnoxvilleIa]

heater

heater

off ebay catfish lighting.
learened my lesson.
No GFI my house was built in the early 60's.
this xmas going to rewire 2 circuits with 3rd ground
and put in a gfi

 

[KnoxvilleIa]

heater

heater

The heater from catfish lighting I inspected it today,
It had a hole burned thue the case. Allowing water to come in contact with the wires.
This heater was 45.00 not dirt cheap, 500 watts.
unfortunatly I own 2. I inspected the second heater this evening
it was getting a hot spot under the holder. comes with 2 suction cup holders that cradle it if you slide then in too far and get the plastic clamp over the element it causes a hot spot.

I guess one should inspect their heaters now and then.
100.00 worth of fish went away with the element.
and yes I rewired a new outlet 20 amp GFI dedicated to the tank.
one more to go.
I was being cheap, and stupid, GFI, ground rod, only way to go.
Live and learn