I was going to start a 10 nano. I got the rock the sand and the water in the tank. The heater broke in the tank! What now? Can I still use the tank and the rock?
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Dustin
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Broken heater???
I was going to start a 10 nano. I got the rock the sand and the water in the tank. The heater broke in the tank! What now? Can I still use the tank and the rock?
Thanks
Dustin
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What type of heater? Did just the glass break or dead anything leak out into the tank?Originally Posted by dustint21
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OH MAN i had that problem once and when the black stuff leaked out everything died
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Nothing leaked out that I saw! On the top of the heater it says Penn-Plax and thermaflow "PC"! It has a clay plug with a spring coil wrapped around it! Here is the link to the heater. Looks like the same parts but mine was alittle older! Just the glass broke! There is another little glass bulb looking thing in the middle that didnt break! The heater was plugged in! I unplugged it as fast as I could move! There were a few sparks coming from the heater! Thanks for the help!
http://www.pennplax.com/Pages/Aqua.p..../Aqua28F.html
Last edited by dustint21; Tue, 25th Nov 2008 at 07:35 PM.
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It should be fine, just try to get all the glass out. I blew up my Therma-Tech in my return chamber last week-end and everything is doing fine. (the internal rods fell out, but nothing black) One of those duh moments. Never, never, never plug in the heater before the tank is full of water. The incoming cold water blew up the heater.... and I knew better!
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Did you get any on you? It looks like you may be suffering from exclamation point syndrome. Calm down take a deep breath. everything will be okay.
Sorry man! couldn't resist...
Hope all goes well. if you just get the glass out all should be well
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I have a thing for the exclamion point! Im not great with the keyboard, so for some reason I always use it! LOL!
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