dsg7777 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 my heater is set for 77 degrees, but when I came back after a week, the temperature is at 90! what happened? Why did my heater keep heating?? it is a normal 50 watt, I don't know hat happened. I Don't have any livestock in there, but I have about 9 pounds of live rock. Parts of my live rock have become slightly black, is this because of the heat? how can I cool down my tank? Thanks for the help Link to comment
MKramer Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 I wouldn't worry too much about 90deg with only live rock. It'll accelerate die-off, but most of what survives normal shipping and cycling of LR, will survive slightly high temperatures, too. Heck, I usually cycle my live rock at 85+deg to speed up the process. As for why it failed, dunno. Heaters can do that, unfortunately. What brand was it? I'd recommend replacing with an Ebo Jager or Rena Cal. If the broken one was one of those, it was a sad fluke. Link to comment
dsg7777 Posted November 9, 2003 Author Share Posted November 9, 2003 yeah, it was an ebo jagger, set it at 77 degrees like I said, no idea what happened. It still goes on and off as if it is setting the temperature correctly, but my thermometer reads 88 now. atleast it is dropping though. I have had the tank for 2 months now, probably time to add some livestock I do all the upkeep on it and stuff, but I just never have the time to go to the lfs anymore. Link to comment
fawkes027 Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Sorry dude. Be glad you didn't have anything expensive in there. The LR will recover. Link to comment
BlackSumbel Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 There's the strong possibility that your -lights- were causing it. Just a thought. -Sumbel. Link to comment
dsg7777 Posted November 9, 2003 Author Share Posted November 9, 2003 my lights werent even on Link to comment
ngericke Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 maybe your thermometer is wrong Link to comment
caja Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Heaters malfunction. It's happened to me twice. Best thing you can do is buy yourself a new heater. Link to comment
tylernt Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Don't trust the numbers printed on the Ebo. Mine is set for "79" and it keeps the tank at 81-82. That said, 90 degrees is a lot to chalk up to heater miscalibration. I suggest that you first get another thermometer. A second thermometer is cheap and may save you the wasted cost of a new heater. I still recommend Ebo Jager, by the way. They are not perfect but seem to have a better track record than anyone else. After having cheap heaters kill several of my freshwater fish on more than one occassion, it's unlikely I'll ever use anything else. Link to comment
tam Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Recalibrate your heater... pull the blue knob on top and set it to the it actually is, and push the knob back down. At least thats how I think it goes... Link to comment
dsg7777 Posted November 10, 2003 Author Share Posted November 10, 2003 as far ftched as it sounds, the water really was 90 degrees, it was physically very warm. Link to comment
SeaMountain Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Hmmmm... Sounds far ftched to me too. Where'd you go and how'd you cool down your tank? Link to comment
dsg7777 Posted November 11, 2003 Author Share Posted November 11, 2003 well, its only six gallons so I took the lid off and put a fan on it and it cooled down pretty quick. Link to comment
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