Disaster Narrowly Averted

[tiedyeman]

The Marineland Stealth heater I had in my nannacara anomola's tank malfunctioned and quit heating the water. The water fell to about 66 degrees. Luckily I noticed and got them out of there. I was switching them to a bigger tank today and when I noticed how far the temp had dropped, I nearly had a heart attack. Those 4 little guys are amongst my very favorites and I would have been devastated to lose them. This is the 2nd Marineland Stealth that has malfunctioned. The first nearly cooked a tank of festivum and this one nearly froze my dwarfs. I wished there was a reliable heater on the market. I am done with Stealth heaters.

Bruce

[slimbolen99]

Marineland is having a lot of issues with their heaters...

http://www.kcfishclub.org/forum/13-haas-misc-discussion/27647-exploding-marineland-stealth-pro-heaters.html

[tiedyeman]

I heard about the stealth heaters exploding. Guess I am lucky it just stopped working. Need to get a few back up's for emergencies...needless to say they won't be Marineland brands. Have any suggestions for brands you guys have had great luck with?

bruce

[Mikeinco]

The same thing happened to mine a month ago and I could have lost all my P. Menarambo had I not been in the tank and felt the water. I quickly ran to pet smart but was told I couldn't get a refund even though the heater was less than 6 months old. I ended up buying a different heater at Petsmart that night but will not be buying anymore supplies from them in the future.

[Mike Wise]

Any tank not in my heated fish room gets the 'pinky test' every time I feed the fish. I just feel the water. If it feels too cool, it's time to check the heater. I've gotten pretty good at 'feeling' water temperature.

[smitty]

Invest in a digital thermometer. I have one that beeps after the temp falls to a set point temp.