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I like
the idea of the titanium heater but instead of an expensive controller consider
this. Try using two small heaters instead of one large one. That way if the
thermostat on one sticks it will be unable, on its own, to severely overheat the
system. This works in two ways, because if one heater fails the other would keep
the temp. from dropping rapidly.
Chris
Sorry about your loss. I know how horrible
it can be.
What you need is this:
I hate glass thermometers! You always have
to worry about breaking them! I have one of these titanium heaters in my
125 gallon tank in the sump. There are several sizes from 50 to 350
watts. It has a very nice temp controller, but I just set it to 80 max
and use my Aquacontroller to actually turn it on and off. It's doubtful
that both my Aquacontroller and the heater's temp control would both fail at
the same time. This gives it some redundancy. FWIW
Craig
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:08
PM
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] if you
need it.
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