Water Heaters

[Adz]

Hi folks,

I've got a Tronic 150W water heater in my hospital tank set to 84 degrees.
I've just done a water change for my poorly fish. I took out the heater,
placed it *gently* on the side, turned it off at the mains. After I'd
siphoned out the gunk and put some fresh warm water in I put the heater back
in and BANG! The bloody thing exploded, one big lump of glass coming away. I
immediately took the fish out and plonked him in the just cleared out water
and rinsed the bowl out, couldn't find any shards of glass, hope he didn't
swallow any.

Anyway, obviously water heaters aren't supposed to do this, so do any of you
more-knowledgeable-than-me people out there have any idea if I did anything
wrong? It was still turned off at the mains when I put it back in, otherwise
the fish would be a lot more poorly. I have always handled it with care,
it's been working fine for the past 2 days and I've only had it just over a
year. It was red hot when I inspected it afterwards, much hotter than the 84
degrees it was set to, and the water I placed it in was not cold.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
Adz

[Gail Futoran]

"Adz" > wrote in message
...
> Hi folks,
>
> I've got a Tronic 150W water heater in my hospital tank
set to 84 degrees.
> I've just done a water change for my poorly fish. I took
out the heater,
> placed it *gently* on the side, turned it off at the
mains. After I'd
> siphoned out the gunk and put some fresh warm water in I
put the heater back
> in and BANG! The bloody thing exploded, one big lump of
glass coming away. I
> immediately took the fish out and plonked him in the just
cleared out water
> and rinsed the bowl out, couldn't find any shards of
glass, hope he didn't
> swallow any.
[snip]

All the heaters I have - different manufacturers -
warn to unplug the heater *before* removing it
from the water and let it cool for 15 min - then
remove it. Reverse that to put it back - put it
in position in the tank, wait 15 minutes before
plugging it back in.

No, I don't know why, but that's what I do and
so far haven't lost a heater.

Gail

[Geezer From The Freezer]

Adz wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've got a Tronic 150W water heater in my hospital tank set to 84 degrees.
> I've just done a water change for my poorly fish. I took out the heater,
> placed it *gently* on the side, turned it off at the mains. After I'd
> siphoned out the gunk and put some fresh warm water in I put the heater back
> in and BANG! The bloody thing exploded, one big lump of glass coming away. I
> immediately took the fish out and plonked him in the just cleared out water
> and rinsed the bowl out, couldn't find any shards of glass, hope he didn't
> swallow any.

Goldfish should not live in bowls, they do not give adequate swimming room and
are shaped
wrong for optimum gas exchange, as well as the fact the goldfish can grow upto
and over
a foot and create a mass of waste.

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maybe you are lucky it exploded instead of going bonkers and boiling the fish?
try a different brand.
for a hospital tank, use a 20 gallon rubbermaid tub so there is plenty of water.
fish in need of treatment do better in rather more water than they normally get.
Ingrid

"Adz" > wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>I've got a Tronic 150W water heater in my hospital tank set to 84 degrees.
>I've just done a water change for my poorly fish. I took out the heater,
>placed it *gently* on the side, turned it off at the mains. After I'd
>siphoned out the gunk and put some fresh warm water in I put the heater back
>in and BANG! The bloody thing exploded, one big lump of glass coming away. I
>immediately took the fish out and plonked him in the just cleared out water
>and rinsed the bowl out, couldn't find any shards of glass, hope he didn't
>swallow any.
>
>Anyway, obviously water heaters aren't supposed to do this, so do any of you
>more-knowledgeable-than-me people out there have any idea if I did anything
>wrong? It was still turned off at the mains when I put it back in, otherwise
>the fish would be a lot more poorly. I have always handled it with care,
>it's been working fine for the past 2 days and I've only had it just over a
>year. It was red hot when I inspected it afterwards, much hotter than the 84
>degrees it was set to, and the water I placed it in was not cold.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance
>Adz
>



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