Snowman Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 I now highly recommend either very regular check of temp or an alarm for moved or newly setup tanks. I moved my 4' in the lonuge to make room for a bigger tank, move went well, plugged it all back in thinking it was good before so should be again.......WRONG The following day when i got home from work i had a temp of 38 degrees in the tank, the heater had stuck on when i plugged it back in and cost me 2 breeding pairs of adult GBA's and the worst was my 40cm BGK :evil: . (the loss of the BGK put tears in my eyes) For the sake of checking the temp before bed my fish would be alive, i check them all nightly now. Lesson learnt the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Sorry for your losses Snowman. It's a lesson learned the hard way alright but by posting it you may have saved others some heartache 8) .....I'm always checking but I think I'll shuffle off to check the tank temps again now :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 oh snowman... that sucks man.. i know how sucky it feels to lose fish like that. I too recently lost a lotta fish ... it sucks big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smash Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 You should look at getting a temperature controller one day. I would never trust the thermostat on a heater no matter how good they are. Bi-metal contacts will one day fail. If you use a temperature controller, you can set the heater thermostat slightly higher so it can be used as an "over temperature" cut-out. This lets the temperature controller do all the switching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Ouch!!!! :-? ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richms Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 The thing is the thermostat that is set slightly higher will never cycle, so you end up with it on all the time which is possibly why I always seem to get a stuck heater or 2 coming out of winter since they never cycle over winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smash Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 The thing is the thermostat that is set slightly higher will never cycle, so you end up with it on all the time which is possibly why I always seem to get a stuck heater or 2 coming out of winter since they never cycle over winter. Thats why you make it part of your maintenance programme. Just wind it up and down to operate it, say once a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Terrible loss...so sorry! Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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