Mr. Gardener wrote:
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:33:40 -0500, "Nikki"
wrote:


the heater was on the same temp for some time, always at 80-82, I came home
tonight and it was stuck on, needless to say I threw it away but the temp in
the tank was nearly 98 degree's, betta was quite mad and floating, I took
him out and put him in water that was 78 degree's and cooled the tank down,
changed the heater, I put him back in his tank, he don't look great but he
don't look dead no more either so who knows, I'm going to hope he makes it,
I feel real bad about it, the heater was a few years old so maybe it
broke...


Wow. I've never had a heater go on me, but I've read about it. Hope
your betta makes it. And it's fortunate that you had an extra heater
on hand.

-- Mister Gardener

I have...not nice if you don't catch it - we lost all the fish in a 15
gall after the heater failed :-( and lost a betta with a jammed heater...

Just as an aside - one thing to watch for with over heated water is
oxygen depletion...I use air pumps in my tanks in the summer if it gets
too warm...

Gill