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kien · #31 11-06-2013, 03:57 AM

Yikes!! Glad to hear everything is OK! I surprises me that they even still sell them considering the proliferation of titanium and polycarbonate heaters these days.

Proteus · #32 11-06-2013, 10:59 AM

Man. I here these story's and am glad it hasn't happened to me yet. I really need to upgrade my heaters

Proteus · #33 11-06-2013, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by kien

Yikes!! Glad to hear everything is OK! I surprises me that they even still sell them considering the proliferation of titanium and polycarbonate heaters these days.

Kien do you know who stocks the poly heaters. I googled them and only came up with uk sites

Snappy · #34 11-06-2013, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

Yikes!! Glad to hear everything is OK! I surprises me that they even still sell them considering the proliferation of titanium and polycarbonate heaters these days.

As mentioned this was an old one I had kicking around from years gone by and used it in a pinch and then just left it going not really thinking about it. (

- amatuer hour)
That said it outlasted my titanium heater.

kien · #35 11-06-2013, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Proteus

Kien do you know who stocks the poly heaters. I googled them and only came up with uk sites

I have not yet seen them in aquaria but I've seen them in other applications. I'm just surprised that they haven't made their way to aquaria yet.

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Originally Posted by Snappy

As mentioned this was an old one I had kicking around from years gone by and used it in a pinch and then just left it going not really thinking about it. (

- amatuer hour)
That said it outlasted my titanium heater.

newbies...

Ya, I have heard problems with the titantium heaters too. Mine seems to be trucking along though. Bottom line is, don't stick anything electrical in your tank. Or better yet, just don't run a tank. It's hazardous to your health.