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Old 02-11-2011, 03:02 PM
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Old 02-11-2011, 03:24 PM
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There's a guy that rents space from me at work and he has a turtle tank there and the same thing happened to him. His looked a lot worse though. It's just crazy!
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:11 PM
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Yikes, somehow I didn't know this, I've used and am using this type of heater right now. I always thought they were well made, I haven't had any issues yet and been using one for 3yrs. I was always worried about glass ones crapping out/breaking (which I have had happen) which was why I switched to stealth in the 1st place! Apparently the stealth's suck too Looks like I'll be looking for a new heater.
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:21 PM
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The trouble is, when these things fail they pour toxic chemicals into your tank.

When a glass heater fails, you should be able to catch it by monitoring the temp of your tank. Most people, including myself, recommend a secondary control. I have mine connected to my Apex controller, so a stuck heater won't crash my tank.

An exploding heater is an entirely different story.
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:38 PM
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Yeah...I've been holding off on a controller to buy the right one once my 290G starts.
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Old 02-11-2011, 05:57 PM
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Ive had 5 or 6 of these heaters and never had issues. That said... I like the Jagers now for calibration.
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Old 02-11-2011, 06:29 PM
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Old 02-11-2011, 06:31 PM
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I had one of these fail on me a couple years ago in a hi-tec planted system, I came home to find everthing dead and a very established and mature system wiped out, it was heart breaking to say the least...All my systems are running ehiem heaters now...
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:47 PM
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I guess one reason is we can not see any crack or damage on these Stealth heaters. And we handle them much more roughly than glass heaters. 300W mixing with water.
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Old 02-11-2011, 04:20 PM
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Yikes...I have two of these...one still in the box and one running my 70g tank.

My Ebo-Jager failed on and nearly cooked my tank at 90 degrees so J&L replaced it (it was in the first year) with two smaller Stealths.

Guess I should be looking at other options before it costs me my tank.
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