HELP!!! Heater exploded.

[wheresscotty]

My heater just exploded. Got a nice shock pulling it out of the tank. Does anyone have a heater I can borrow until I get paid on the 17th. Its for a 30g. I live in IGH so if you were close by that would be appreciated.

[wheresscotty]

I got one lined up, going to go pick it up. Thanks guys.

[Reefer Sutherland]

Yikes. What kind of heater was it?

Good luck!

[wheresscotty]

Marineland visa-therm. I need a new brand, these keep going bad.

[90ct]

They had a recall on all of Marineland visa-therm.

[Merkurfan]

wait.. it exploded while in water???? this would mean the problem from the stealth has NOT been fixed in the visa-therm.


Glad I went for credit over replacements.

[Merkurfan]

They had a recall on all of Marineland visa-therm.


Only the stealth models.

[wheresscotty]

Mine was not a stealth. It was a just a regular Marineland Visatherm. I heard a cracking noise and I thought the seams were breaking on my tank. I I ran over and started looking at the seams and they were fine, then I noticed bubbles coming from the heater. There was a tiny crack in it. All of a sudden the bottom off the heater shot off and my clownfish went into spasms. Without thinking I just ripped the heater out off the tank, got one heck of a nice shock. Then unplugged and threw away that piece of junk.

I have a stealth that I never returned, but took it out of my 55 gallon fresh water when they recalled them. Can anyone recommend a brand that does not have constant quality control issues? I am never buying a Marineland product ever again.

:mad:

[CaptainGreg]

BRS got some good stuff:biggthumpup:

[Zylski]

I just bought a Shatter proof aqueon heater that has good reviews.

[David Grigor]

I personally use Jagers only. In my experience, titanium hasn't been any better or more reliable. While it wouldn't make any difference for shattering but all heaters should be used in conjunction with a separate temp controller. Only marineland product I've ever though was good is the Maxi jets powerheads.

[Fragtastic Reef]

Jager heaters are the best! I have one that works like new for 8 years..

That is the only reason and only heater I sell in my store. :beerchug:

[Reefer Sutherland]

I have an aqueon pro shatter proof guy and it has worked very well. Accurate temps

[Fishmonger70]

I have a Fluval E series in my setup. I like it a lot

[eswebster]

Jager heaters are the best! I have one that works like new for 8 years..

That is the only reason and only heater I sell in my store. :beerchug:

Just like anything you get what you pay for. They are expensive but you buy it once and your done with that.....

[guy9smiley2]

Love my finnex use them in all 4 of my tanks.

[Merkurfan]

Just tossed a visi-therm from a tank move yesterday. There was water in it. Looks like more issues for marineland.

[David Grigor]

Love my finnex use them in all 4 of my tanks.

My guess is they are < 500W.

500W and up seem to prematurely fail quite often. Mine lasted less then 3 months. The smaller wattage 300w or less seem to be okay.

[wheresscotty]

Just tossed a visi-therm from a tank move yesterday. There was water in it. Looks like more issues for marineland.

Wow. I'm not the only one with a bad visi-therm! Thank goodness it didn't
:firecracker:

[Fasttalon94]

It may have been a fluke since it's been 6 months now and no one else has had bad visi-therms. I have had heaters that were dropped before do exactly what you described. It was most likely due to a small crack that allowed water to enter. The crack could have happened during shipping or packaging.

[RJREEFER]

I'll second the Finnex heaters...although I have to say I only buy the titanium heating element only and control it using my ReefKeeper or Apex

[odie]

I'll second the Finnex heaters...although I have to say I only buy the titanium heating element only and control it using my ReefKeeper or Apex

Finnex is fine as long as you run them like RJReefer does. The thermostat on all three that I have owned are terrible. Set it for 77 and I get 70 if I am lucky.

[nelsonmarine]

I have an aqueon pro shatter proof guy and it has worked very well. Accurate temps

I'm using these same ones too, one for my tank, and the other for my water changes, and I've returned two so far in the last 6 months due to getting shocked when my little finger hits the water. Not a huge shock, but enough to know it was the heaters who were behind the leaking electricity.

Maybe I'll change over to a Jager.

[jz0717]

I use the Titanium Finnex, 300 watt. Control it with an RKL. I like the rubber ends and being able to put it right on the bottom of my sump.

[BadOmen]

:grr::brick::laugh::biga::icon_deal::ac31: A picture is worth a thousand words right? In 6,000 words i rest my case :) <---(7,000 now).