Submersable Heater Melted.

Hi.

The submersable heater in my 75 gallon marine tank melted yesterday. It was
A VisaTherm from Aquarium Systems. I've had it for several years and have
never had a problem. When I got home there was an obvious oder that
something electrical had burned up. After verifying that all the
fluorescent lights were still running, I decided to check the heater. Sure
enough, the cap had come off and the tube was flooded with salt water. I
immediately unplugged and removed the heater. I've since replaced the
heater with a new one.

The temperature of the tank was 75F. All my fish were alive and do not
appear to be stressed. The few invertebrates I have in the tank appear
unaffected to. Is it possible for the heater that burned up, to release
toxic chemicals into my tank? If so what should I do? I always run Active
carbon in my canister filter, so it should absorb any contaminates released
by the heater, right?

Thanks,
Glenn

Glenn,

Just drop some carbon in the tank and you should be ok.

I would personally look into getting a titanium or stainless heater.
They won't crack or leak.

Aquacare


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Aquatic-Care wrote:

Glenn,

Just drop some carbon in the tank and you should be ok.

I would personally look into getting a titanium or stainless heater.
They won't crack or leak.

Aquacare


Thanks for the advice. I'll see if I can find one of those heaters. The new
heater will not turn off automatically, so I'm going to return it anyway..

Glenn