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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 20, 2015 8:53:27 GMT -5
Wow so quick little mishap last night! My heater failed in the off position. My Apex quickly notified me that my tank temp had dropped down to 75°. Couple years ago I was running my tank cold, around 76°. I was trying to test if algae would be effected by the colder Temps. Back then this drop would of been nothing but now I run my tank around 78.5° and I really didn't like seeing a 3.5° swing in a few hours! Luckily when my Apex notified me I had time to find a couple smaller old heaters and my tanks slowly creeping back up since 4am. **if this happens don't over react and bring the temp back up to fast!! Double the stress** Moral of the story? Controllers save reef tanks! Nothing seemed overly stressed but I have no doubt a couple more degrees and I'd of probably lost a couple things. Not to mention what would of happened if I had no controller and my heater failed in the on position? It would of cooked my whole tank quick! Protect your investment and at the very least get your self a Ranco temp controller. Don't trust the cheap controllers that come with most any heater you can buy now a days! Apex, Reef keepers, Reef Angels and diy controllers are worth their weight in gold imo. Also a big thank you to jasonbowdoin for offering to bring me a heater first thing this morning before I found the smaller ones!  |
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Post by Admin (RS) on Oct 20, 2015 14:09:22 GMT -5
There, your controller just paid for itself. And the biggest thing for me was always the peace of mind that they bring... comforting when you start totaling up how much $ goes into our glass boxes.
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Post by tripleridge on Oct 20, 2015 19:03:24 GMT -5
Jason, I'm glad you caught it at the right time. Your post has helped me make up my mind, next purchase will be a controller. I think that's what started my tanks downfall. What I believe to be ick. I let my water temps get way to low. Stressed my fish right out. That and I went a bit longer between my water changes. I got lazy, and it cost me big time. I learned a lesson that's for sure. |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 21, 2015 4:51:40 GMT -5
Jason, I'm glad you caught it at the right time. Your post has helped me make up my mind, next purchase will be a controller. I think that's what started my tanks downfall. What I believe to be ick. I let my water temps get way to low. Stressed my fish right out. That and I went a bit longer between my water changes. I got lazy, and it cost me big time. I learned a lesson that's for sure. I'm glad this helped push your decision over the edge to get a controller. There's a couple things in this hobby that are priceless and for me they're controllers and good reliable reefing friends. |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 21, 2015 5:52:45 GMT -5
There, your controller just paid for itself. And the biggest thing for me was always the peace of mind that they bring... comforting when you start totaling up how much $ goes into our glass boxes. For sure! I wouldn't dare try to add up what I've spent in my glass box! I'd be to afraid the wife would find the paper I wrote it on. Lol Although I have to give her credit because when I first started my $98 RO/DI was a big deal. Now $600+ on an Apex and modules isn't. Although it's mostly because I wouldn't leave the tank for more then a couple days without it.  |
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Post by moulton712 on Oct 23, 2015 15:07:40 GMT -5
Oh I had two bad ones last week a controller would have helped.
Skimmer boiled over spilling about 10 gallons onto the ground. I know it's about 10 gallons cause I just filled the ATO container and it was empty.
Son unplugged 2 out of 4 plugs from the wall. I didn't check the temp but was low.
No loss of life but my rainbow chalice is super pissed off.
I've been selling lately to fund an apex. I just cut a bunch of hearty $5 sps frags!
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Post by jasonbowdoin on Oct 23, 2015 15:20:42 GMT -5
It's my next big thing to buy
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Post by jasonandsarah on Oct 23, 2015 17:53:07 GMT -5
Oh I had two bad ones last week a controller would have helped. Skimmer boiled over spilling about 10 gallons onto the ground. I know it's about 10 gallons cause I just filled the ATO container and it was empty. Son unplugged 2 out of 4 plugs from the wall. I didn't check the temp but was low. No loss of life but my rainbow chalice is super pissed off. I've been selling lately to fund an apex. I just cut a bunch of hearty $5 sps frags! It's hard to buy a full Apex on $5 sps frags bud. Maybe toy should consider selling some mini colonies? I would hate to see anything happen to all those crazy expensive corals you have!! |
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Post by reefkprz on Nov 6, 2015 10:06:32 GMT -5
my heater failed n the on position last night apparently... .. but some of my corals might survive definitely lost a couple. damned heaters. tanks 90 degrees
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 6, 2015 13:28:46 GMT -5
my heater failed n the on position last night apparently... .. but some of my corals might survive definitely lost a couple. damned heaters. tanks 90 degrees Oh man that sucks! Gotta at least get a 50$ Ranco temp controller |
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Post by reefkprz on Nov 7, 2015 9:27:45 GMT -5
hahah just my week, doing a water change on my tank today I got lifted, one of my ancient maxijets shorted out and was dumping wall current into the tank. gfci are supposed to prevent that right? I have never actually had a gfci work at the right time they always trip for nothing but don't trip when there is a problem.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 7, 2015 9:35:39 GMT -5
hahah just my week, doing a water change on my tank today I got lifted, one of my ancient maxijets shorted out and was dumping wall current into the tank. gfci are supposed to prevent that right? I have never actually had a gfci work at the right time they always trip for nothing but don't trip when there is a problem. I believe the gfci will only trip in that instance at the moment you get shocked? :eek: |
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Post by fermentedhiker on Nov 7, 2015 15:40:54 GMT -5
hahah just my week, doing a water change on my tank today I got lifted, one of my ancient maxijets shorted out and was dumping wall current into the tank. gfci are supposed to prevent that right? I have never actually had a gfci work at the right time they always trip for nothing but don't trip when there is a problem. I believe the gfci will only trip in that instance at the moment you get shocked? :eek: GFCI's trip based on seeing a difference in the current flow between the Hot and Neutral wires. If the tank has no ground connection(Like a grounding probe) then all the current ends up going back on the same circuit so the GFCI can't tell there is a problem. It should've tripped when you got shocked though, because you were giving it a path to ground, unless you had both hands in and it was just passing through you and back to the tank. |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Nov 7, 2015 17:37:25 GMT -5
I believe the gfci will only trip in that instance at the moment you get shocked? :eek: GFCI's trip based on seeing a difference in the current flow between the Hot and Neutral wires. If the tank has no ground connection(Like a grounding probe) then all the current ends up going back on the same circuit so the GFCI can't tell there is a problem. It should've tripped when you got shocked though, because you were giving it a path to ground, unless you had both hands in and it was just passing through you and back to the tank. That what I tried to say. Kinda lol |
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Post by reefkprz on Nov 16, 2015 8:55:05 GMT -5
ahh it went from my arm on the edge of the tank back down my arm into the tank
so the gfci wouldnt have seen the difference since I didnt actually ground it out
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