On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 09:40:55 -0600, "Koi-Lo"
wrote:


"Mr. Gardener" wrote in message
.. .
It's out of there now, too
late, it happens, because I lost an ancistrus cat to it. I've heard
this could happen, but never to me. I found a dead bushy nose and
there were no signs of anything to give me a clue as to cause of
death, except for a dark stripe across his back. After I removed the
stainless heater a few days later, I say a brown burn stripe on the
heater, and it matches the stripe on my dead fish perfectly. So yes,
it really can happen. It was probably fate that made me notice a
plastic heater guard from Tronic at the pet store the other day. I
don't know if it's a new product, or I just never looked at one
before, but I've try-fitted it on a couple of my other brand heaters
and it seems pretty universal. No suckermouth will have to live with
an unprotected heater in any of my tanks again.
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Did he get jammed behind it or are they unable to feel or sense the heat?

I can only guess that he got stuck for a brief period. Aquarium
heaters have two modes, on and off. I don't think they give much
advance warning by gradually warming.

-- Mister Gardener