Heater Explosion

[homestar726]

Holy cow, my heater blew up in my tank... Its a 30g, and was a 100w heater. I put a 50w heater in for now, is this ok?

ANyone.
Help... Even if its temporary?

I dont want the cichlid to suffer

[KLKelly]

I don't know cichlids so I can't help you there.  I've had one heater blow up, one crack and one went bonkers and decided one day to heat the tank to 86F and killed a bunch of fish.  I'll only go with top of the line heaters from now on.

[BigDaddy]

As long as the temperature of the room isn't extremely off the temperature of your tank, it'll be fine

[homestar726]

funny part is... our furnace brken yesturday, and wont be fixed till tomorrow or thursday, so the house is slowly getting colder... So i put the 50w from my 10g planted in the 33g, and im using just light heat for my planted... Is this ok? or am I in for big trouble???

Any rental out there... lol

[oenology]

Cichlids are pretty hardy usually. If the temperature descends slowly then they should be OK for a couple days without a heater.

[fishycanuck]

Could you do small daily pwc with warmer water until things are fixed?

[hamstercaster]

Could you do small daily pwc with warmer water until things are fixed?

I don't think this would help much as the water temperature will get back to room temperature pretty fast, like probably within an hour or so.

[beowulf]

I've been lucky and never have had this experience but my brother has not been as lucky as two of his have cracked in the past.