Why did my heater explode?

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Nuclear_Glitter
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Re: Why did my heater explode?

Post by Nuclear_Glitter »

Were you doing a water change or anything at the time? Sometimes temperature fluctuations will cause a heater to bust like that.
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Re: Why did my heater explode?

Post by purplecandle »

Did a search for you on mfk. I was gonna just post some of the stories..but I just found so many...lots ending in bad news.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... id=3679076
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Re: Why did my heater explode?

Post by defool89 »

I was not doing a wc it was just sitting like normal fully submerged...

And thanks purple, but the link does not match a searcj
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