I've met a couple of people, and read about a few on here, that have had their heaters malfunction, overheat their tank and kill their fish.
This, needless to say, seems less than ideal.
Any idea how i might prevent this from even thinking about happening?
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Re: Boiled alive
A heater controller in conjunction with a heater with a built in thermostat is a combo some use. You set the heater like normal and then set the controller to shut off a few degrees higher as a safety. Some will also add digital thermometers that give audible warnings when temps fluctuate beyond the parameters.
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Re: Boiled alive
How does the controller know? is it basically a backup thermostat?
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Re: Boiled alive
An extra thermometer is always a good idea to give you a heads up. Also using multiple underrated heaters instead of one that is rated for your size tank can safeguard you, in my experience they burn out and fail before cooking your fish as the others just shut off forcing the malfunctioning one to work real hard. Extra plugs though
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Re: Boiled alive
genius! thanks!
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Re: Boiled alive
I still have not set mine up yet but I purchased a Ranco controller. This unit is actually a commercial controller used in beer and wine making and other food service uses. These things need to be wired up but they are the most bulletproof units available.
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Re: Boiled alive
that's hilareous let me know how it works out.
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