HELP My heater cracked, electric shocks? Corals sick!!

[Me]

I went on vacation for 2 weeks, and came back to find all my mushroom
corals, and button polyps shrunken up. In further investigation, also
lost my flame angel. 3 fish look ok.

I found that the heater had cracked, was full of water, and that the
cord pulled out of the heater! It shocked me (electrically!) when I
found the cord.

Was electric shock causing the sickening of my corals, or was it the
burnout of the heater and the release of toxic chemicals into the
water?
What should I do now?
I did a 15 % water change so far...

HELP!!!

[Marc Levenson]

Assuming you aren't another version of the troll, pull the heater, test your
water, and if you see things are out of whack, do a 25% water change.

Keep an eye on your tank. You might re-seed your DSB with a cup of LS from the
LFS' display tank.

Marc


Me wrote:

> I went on vacation for 2 weeks, and came back to find all my mushroom
> corals, and button polyps shrunken up. In further investigation, also
> lost my flame angel. 3 fish look ok.
>
> I found that the heater had cracked, was full of water, and that the
> cord pulled out of the heater! It shocked me (electrically!) when I
> found the cord.
>
> Was electric shock causing the sickening of my corals, or was it the
> burnout of the heater and the release of toxic chemicals into the
> water?
> What should I do now?
> I did a 15 % water change so far...
>
> HELP!!!

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[Lisa]

Gotcha!!

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
Assuming you aren't another version of the troll, pull the heater, test your
water, and if you see things are out of whack, do a 25% water change.

Keep an eye on your tank. You might re-seed your DSB with a cup of LS from
the
LFS' display tank.

Marc


Me wrote:

> I went on vacation for 2 weeks, and came back to find all my mushroom
> corals, and button polyps shrunken up. In further investigation, also
> lost my flame angel. 3 fish look ok.
>
> I found that the heater had cracked, was full of water, and that the
> cord pulled out of the heater! It shocked me (electrically!) when I
> found the cord.
>
> Was electric shock causing the sickening of my corals, or was it the
> burnout of the heater and the release of toxic chemicals into the
> water?
> What should I do now?
> I did a 15 % water change so far...
>
> HELP!!!

--
Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com

[Me]

THanks
Willl try another water change...

What is the troll?

and what is DFS?

[Fishnut]

On 8 Nov 2003 00:00:43 -0800, (Me) wrote:

>I went on vacation for 2 weeks, and came back to find all my mushroom
>corals, and button polyps shrunken up. In further investigation, also
>lost my flame angel. 3 fish look ok.
>
>I found that the heater had cracked, was full of water, and that the
>cord pulled out of the heater! It shocked me (electrically!) when I
>found the cord.
>
>Was electric shock causing the sickening of my corals, or was it the
>burnout of the heater and the release of toxic chemicals into the
>water?
>What should I do now?


Put your head in the tank while the heater is still connected, and do
us all a favour.

[Marc Levenson]

Not really, as my statement below noted.....

Marc


Lisa wrote:

> Gotcha!!
>
> "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
> ...

>
> Assuming you aren't another version of the troll,

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[Me]

>
> Put your head in the tank while the heater is still connected, and do
> us all a favour.

What's your problem?