First off, this wasn't on my DT but on my former 20 gallon QT, now frag tank.
A couple of weeks ago, my LTA decided to spill his guts (including a now mostly digested shrimp). Not good in a 20 gallon tank as I don't think I saw it for a day or 2. That covered my most of my frags with a nice goo killing most of them except maybe one LPS. Not ideal but my LTA seems to be getting better and is back eating.
Then the temps drop. The problem is that this tank is in the basement where the heat isn't working right now (another long story..LOL). But I add a second small heater and the temps hold. I go to do a water change last weekend forgetting to turn off the second heater. After I'm done, I can feel electricity in the water. Clean out sponge filter and nice zap. I then remember the heater I added was part of the recall a couple of years back. Pull it out and no more zapping. Replace it, put in my titanium grounding probe to drain out the electricity.
Yesterday, my inverts are not looking good. My snails aren't moving. No response from my LTA and it's lost most of it's size. Today, they're all dead. ggrrrr. :yuk: Pull them all out. Start to work on doing a water change and prepping carbon. Weird thing is that I can still feel a slight tingle when I have my hand in the water. No zapping but just enough that it doesn't feel right.
And then, before I've pulled any water out, I see the heater that's been in there for the last few years off of sudden burst and start boiling the water around it. I kill the power to the tank but it's now fouled beyond belief and the air in the basement stinks.
I just finished doing a 50% water change and hooked up my 2 fishies media reactor with a good amount of carbon to clean out the water.
In less than a week, both heaters went out on me. I was just lucky that I was there to see the second one burst. I have no idea the damage it could have done to the tank I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
Sorry for the long rant....
A couple of weeks ago, my LTA decided to spill his guts (including a now mostly digested shrimp). Not good in a 20 gallon tank as I don't think I saw it for a day or 2. That covered my most of my frags with a nice goo killing most of them except maybe one LPS. Not ideal but my LTA seems to be getting better and is back eating.
Then the temps drop. The problem is that this tank is in the basement where the heat isn't working right now (another long story..LOL). But I add a second small heater and the temps hold. I go to do a water change last weekend forgetting to turn off the second heater. After I'm done, I can feel electricity in the water. Clean out sponge filter and nice zap. I then remember the heater I added was part of the recall a couple of years back. Pull it out and no more zapping. Replace it, put in my titanium grounding probe to drain out the electricity.
Yesterday, my inverts are not looking good. My snails aren't moving. No response from my LTA and it's lost most of it's size. Today, they're all dead. ggrrrr. :yuk: Pull them all out. Start to work on doing a water change and prepping carbon. Weird thing is that I can still feel a slight tingle when I have my hand in the water. No zapping but just enough that it doesn't feel right.
And then, before I've pulled any water out, I see the heater that's been in there for the last few years off of sudden burst and start boiling the water around it. I kill the power to the tank but it's now fouled beyond belief and the air in the basement stinks.
I just finished doing a 50% water change and hooked up my 2 fishies media reactor with a good amount of carbon to clean out the water.
In less than a week, both heaters went out on me. I was just lucky that I was there to see the second one burst. I have no idea the damage it could have done to the tank I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
Sorry for the long rant....
