Avoid Elite Submersible Aquarium Heaters

[porcupinepuffer]

This happened months ago, but I have yet to post this issue out of sheer lazyness, so here it finally goes... I bought an elite submersible heater, for my quarantine tank, when it was the only heater the store had. It was submersible and good for saltwater... I noticed that they have a type of paint around the heater tube, (for cosmetic purposes) to hide the sight of the heating element.
After carefully watching the tank, over the course of weeks, I noticed pieces of this paint were flaking off and floating around the tank... I even noticed a clown would go after it thinking it was food... I eventually took this wonderful heater out to see what the joke is. It looked a bit dirty aswell, so I thought I'd clean it up. I took a clean wet cloth, wiped down the heater element, and to my amazement, the paint wiped right off on the cloth as just a black film of crap.... After afew more wipes, every spec of this paint just wiped right off the heater.... I can't help but wonder what type of nasty effects this had on contaminating my tank water... I tried contacting hagen about it, but to my total surprise, their website doesn't work... so word of advice, don't buy this garbage.

[sniggir]

Thx for the heads up...I hope your fish and corals are okay

[yellowtang]

Next time I purchase one of those heaters
I will make sure I wipe the paint off.
other than that I see no problems with them
since I've been using them for quite some time
F/W & S/W.......LOL.

[kennyman]

I never heard of them, but I am not overly fond of any Hagen product.

[jimskoi]

Thats too bad.
Yu must be one of the lucky ones that bought a product made on a monday.Lol.

I only use these heaters and have never had problem with them in any way.

[bettabreeder]

i have trusted elite heaters all the time. I use a varity of wattage heaters and they all work fine for me. I breed siamese fighting fish and i have an elite heater and i works fine in the tank that i have.