On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:31:23 -0800, "Daniel Morrow"
wrote:

Summary - about a month ago one of my silver
dollars got caught between the mass of hornwort and one heater (I felt
terrible for not noticing in time and I deservedly felt stupid for not
anticipating this since I used to always unplug my heaters when lowering
(changing) water but recently stopped unplugging them since I thought the
auto-shut of feature would prevent burns but I learned in this case the
auto-shutoff prevents damage to the heater - not any unlucky fish (in other
words the heater gets hot enough to burn fish still even with the auto-shut
off feature) and that silver dollar experienced one big bad burn,

I mentioned this item before, and I don't receive any commissions on
sales, but after I found a burned fish I discovered the heater guards
made by Tronic and I'm using one on every heater I have from now on.
They come in different lengths, but I've found that one size fits all
three or four of the brands of heaters that I use. Less than five
bucks. I have no idea how long these have been on the market, but I
guess I never noticed them on the shelves or in the catalogs until I
needed one. A couple of my heaters have the temperature setting
numbers on the side and this heater protector is designed to allow me
to see the numbers and the sliding red thing.

http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/... 1=3231;pcid2=

-- Mister Gardener