New heater broke overnight

[carey1465]

The new heater broke overnight in my tank that I use for water changes. Luckily there is no livestock in the tank but my only concern is did the heater release a chemical into the water??

 

[joseayes]

Ouch! I think that heater components are just the element, circuit board and fiber glass used as a heat dissipator and element protectant, don't know about chemicals inside or chem reaction once the broken parts touch saltwater.

 

[rdnelson]

Some parts in a heater are made of plastic and if heated enough could give off substances that could be toxic to livestock. If it were me, I would chuck the water to be safe. Could be a waste of good water but......


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[containerman1]

rdnelson99;846027 wrote: Some parts in a heater are made of plastic and if heated enough could give off substances that could be toxic to livestock. If it were me, I would chuck the water to be safe. Could be a waste of good water but......


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+1
Better safe than sorry

 

[jmike50]

+1 ....if It had fiberglass inside it ...that could have also been released into the water.

 

[carey1465]

I really don't want to throw away 80 gallons of freshly mixed saltwater. Lol


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[rdnelson]

carey1465;846056 wrote: I really don't want to throw away 80 gallons of freshly mixed saltwater. Lol


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Your choice. You asked for recommendations but in the end it is up to you. As I said, could be fine but you have no way to know until you try it.


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[joseayes]

carey1465;846056 wrote: I really don't want to throw away 80 gallons of freshly mixed saltwater. Lol


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You don't want to waste 80 gallons now or you don't want to risk your expensive corals and fish later?

 

[saltbubbles]

I would just ask whom ever doesn't have feelings for your tank to dump the water. As it has been said before on these forums there is just some stuff you can't test for or you could use the water to flush the toilets.

 

[carey1465]

After all the replies, I'll begin dumping it today. Thanks for the replies.


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[carey1465]

alpha;846114 wrote: I thought this was in a display tank.. if this is ur water change water. consider this..

If you have a "good " heater, which i just broke one to see what would happen..

Theres 5 parts to it. the circuit board, the tube, the element and the controller. .. all those pieces are metal.. I dont see how any "chemical" could be released.. theres no chemical... The element gets hot by sparking 2 diodes together on the board which sends it to the element. Theres no "gas" so to speak.

Did any of the tube melt? etc. if the tube just broke... id just clean up the glass.

The glass broke. I cleaned the glass out of the tank and there was a little pieces of stuff. My filter pad was filthy.
I thought about replacing the filter pad and place a powerhead in the sump to keep the particles suspended so the filter pad would catch it.


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[jdavid]

I had one blow up in a tank, it was loud and it stunk. it didnt stop making noise till I cut the power and smoke was coming out of the water. If it can make smoke I would say there is a chemical reaction there lol. luckily no livestock was in the tank. I just had a powerhead and a heater in and I think the powerhead came lose and broke the heater, idk

 

[carey1465]

JDavid;846135 wrote: I had one blow up in a tank, it was loud and it stunk. it didnt stop making noise till I cut the power and smoke was coming out of the water. If it can make smoke I would say there is a chemical reaction there lol. luckily no livestock was in the tank. I just had a powerhead and a heater in and I think the powerhead came lose and broke the heater, idk

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