Thanks for the info and the offer for the water.I changed 35 gallons today
so far and the corals are coming around.I did go to my lfs and bought a big
plastic barrell today I think 55 gallons.I should have plenty of water by
morning.Thanks anyway.I 'll keep your offer on the back burner just in
case.What is cuprisorb and who makes it?I've never heard of it.Thanks again
Ken.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Farlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> Ken,
>
> I'm so sorry to hear about your bad luck. I had the same thing happen with
a Rio powerhead a couple years ago, it exploded in my sump. My whole tank
smelled like an electrical fire for over a week, even with massive water
changes... Lost some animals, but many of the corals I thought were goners
eventually did recover.
>
> Visi-therms are good heaters - very accurate - but also very fragile.
Either it was defective or something bumped it. In additon to the
polyfilters, you might also want to add a bag of CupriSorb for a while, for
extra help in case of copper contamination.
>
> I keep an extra 40 gal reservoir of RO/DI water that you're welcome to if
you're in/near NJ. I could throw in some salt and mix it up for you, if you
can use it.
>
> Nancy
>
> >
> >.------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------.
> >| Message 11 |
> >'------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------'
> >Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> >From: "Ken Ziggy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:54:56 -0400
> >
> >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.-----
>
>
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