Hmmm, it just seems like if there were enough toxins from the heater to kill
the fish, they would have done the same to your corals. Anyways, instead of
dissecting what it was that did it, lets focus on continuing to fix it. I
think you are on the right path. Keep on changing H2O. Also, watch your pH,
alk and temp. Try to make sure they do not sway too much as you are changing
more and more water. You may consider changing the carbon out in 24hrs or
so, just to really pull any crap left in the water out. You should also take
pictures and send them to visi therm, and tell them their crappy fricken
heater burned your tank out, let them know you are on a list and that you
have told the list never to use their heaters and that they are lucky
nothing caught on fire.
As someone else mentioned, EboJager heaters are excellent, and IMO, superior
in their design. I ONLY run Ebos, and have a couple running that are 5 years
old. They are truly worth the extra few bucks you pay for them. On that
note, do you have anything in the tank now to keep the temp steady?
Again, sorry to hear that this happened to you. I know there is not much a
stranger can do to make you feel better over an email message, but these
things, unfortunately, do happen. You have to move ahead and finish your
refugium and begin slowly stocking your tank again.
Shane
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Ziggy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
>
> When I left this morning for work I have a habit of checking the temp and
> the sump water level every morning.The water level was exaxtly were I have
> it set for my top-off system and the temp was 79 degrees and the heater
> was
> on.I went to work at 6 a.m. My wife called me at 9 a.m. at work and sayed
> something was wrong with the tank it smelled and still smells like
> electrical burning.You should see the heater both ends were blown out .The
> top of the heater were the control knob is was burned to a crisp.The metal
> wrapping under the glass were you read the temp was burned and charred
> like
> a metal can in a burn barrel.I think that is what what poisoned the
> tank,lots of metal deposits from the burnt coils and metal covering????I
> wish I had enough saltwater mixed up to do the whole tank.The goby just
> died.Thats all my fish gone because of a faulty heater.I will post the
> brand
> name later.I lost a beautiful sailfin Tang,watchman goby.diamondback
> sleeper
> gobie,cleaner wrasse,flame hawkfish,purple bicolor blennie,green spotted
> mandarin and cleaner shrimp.The only upbeat note is that my corals about
> 15
> of them are showing signs of opening a little.I have done a 10 gallon
> water
> change and I am waiting for 5 more gallons of ro/di water to get
> done.Depressing.I just got done hardplumbing my tank with an iwaki 40 rlxt
> and I was going to get my refugium going this weekend and now this.I just
> can't explain how bad my tank water smells now like electrical burn.The
> heater itself smelled so bad I had to put it in a ziplock bag.I thought
> Visa-therm was a good quality heater?Does anyone suggest a good fully
> submersible heater?
> Thanks for the info and I'll keep ya informed on my progress.Ken.-----
> Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:20 PM
> Subject: RE: Please Help!!!!!!!!
>
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > Did the temperature in your tank go up? I am wondering if the heater
> stuck
> > on and overheated the water before it broke, or if it just shattered.
> Please
> > dont blame yourself, you had a faulty piece of equipment. We cant blame
> > ourselves for things that are out of our control.
> >
> > Now, for the immediate need. Good idea on the poly filters and carbon. I
> > would continue to run those. You can use your salt mix as soon as it
> mixes,
> > but I would give it 15 - 20 minutes of solid heavy mixing. If you can
> throw
> > extra powerheads in their to really mix it, do so.
> >
> > I am hesitant to say it was chemicals in the heater that caused your
> fishes
> > to die, but it is possible. Check your temp, please.
> >
> > I know this sucks, I have had similar situations. Just do what you can
> to
> > fix it, and move on.
> >
> > Let us know temp and progress.
> >
> > Shane C.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ken Ziggy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:09 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > My Heater in my sump actually exploded and burned.It was a brand new
> one
> I
> > > just bought.I forget the name.I'm really bummed out.All my fish exept
> my
> > > watchman goby died and he isn't doing very well.I emptied the sump and
> > > cleaned all the broken glass out and changed the water in the sump.I
> put
> > > three layers of polyfilters in and activated carbon.I only had a 5
> gallon
> > > bucket of fresh saltwater to do a water change on my 75 gallon
> > > reeftank.I'm mixing as much as I can as fast as my ro/di unit can kep
> up
> > > with.How long really do I have to wait before I can use the new mix.I
> know
> > > they say 24 hours but this is an emergency.The bag actually says
> > > emediately.Can I do this in this situation.My skimmer is on full tilk
> > > also.I have lots of corals and 150 pounds of live rock I need to
> > > save.Anyone with any suggestion's please help me.I don't know if I
> should
> > > get any other chemical filter like chemi-pure or not?Dumby me I didn't
> > > have a ground probe on the tank either.But I'm running out to get one
> > > now.I feel like I just let my tank down.I feel bad enough whats going
> on
> > > with what happened in new york and the pentegon.Now I feel down right
> > > deppressed.If anyone can help please respond asap.Thanks Ken.My email
> is
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you need it.
> > ________________________________________
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