Replace your heater

[che3mau]

Can’t believe this Sh** about to go to a party and just found out my heater nuked my tank. Replace your heater every 1.5 years, this Finnex is only 2years old



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[Drama D]

Yep been here. Having a few back ups is key as well

[LotsaFishies]

In all my years of being both in the hobby, and the industry, I can confidently say heaters are the single piece of equipment with the highest failure rate.


Hope your tank is ok!

[TysTanks]

Ahh man, sorry to hear that. Hope it wasn’t a total crash.

I’ll give you a few frags free whenever you’re ready to rebuild.

[hammerhead]

Did it nuke your big display? I’m assuming that heater was only for a small frag tank or something, hope everything is all right regardless.

[marty92128]

I believe the Apex power monitor will help avoid these crashes
So… if you use Apex make sure to set up power monitor feature on your heater


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[MauiReefer]

Wouldn't it trip the GFCI?

[PatientZero]

Damn, that sucks! Good advice !

[che3mau]

Thanks Ty! 50% crash tank still a bit cloudy and corals are half open

[che3mau]

Yupe, the main tank ��

[Kaifish]

Been there cost me all my Acropora and some torches

[Amebcia]

That's a bummer. Sorry to hear that.

Heaters suck indeed. I had all possible failures, no heating, over heating as well as breaking and supplying 110V to the tank. So far my setup always caught the failures. Knock on wood
Heater + secondary controller (e.g. Apex) + GFCI outlet + grounded electrode in a sump.

Eheim is the most reliable heater in my experience. Using the BRS titanium on one of my tanks. Has been two years. So far so good. Time will show.

[moon doggy1]

Free heat get a return pump that is very hot, use it in the winter.