Jimmy's 130D Setup

[JimmyJ]

Who says lightening never strikes twice in the same spot? It happened again, my wife just called to tell me the heater stuck again. Tanks at 97 degrees and this time there is fish death.

 

[Shazbah]

W.T.F No one can be that unlucky. Can they????? I am lost for words. I can't begin to imagine how you must be feeling as i am sat here myself absolutely gob smacked.:smack::verymad:

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

that's crazy.... soooooooo verrrrrrry sorry to hear !!! If every there is a case to be made for a $100 or so controller, you have made it.

 

[Reefmack]

Oh noooooo! What brand heater was this? Better order a controller - Reef Keeper Lite is pretty low cost.

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Terry is this the one that will work ? Reef Keeper Lite L1 - Digital Aquatics - English

 

[Reefmack]

That's the one Glenn. It's the basic model - was 99.99 when I got mine quite a while ago, but I expanded mine a lot. The basic is all that's needed to control a heater, plus 3 other things, if the need arises

 

[JimmyJ]

I didn't get a chance to finish the post above as I am stuck at work, talking my wife through the process of cooling the tank which is now down to 80 degrees. This one is all my fault, I am an idiot ... I have a new heater and controller but have not had a chance to install them yet. The old heater was just switched off this whole time and the tank stays at a good temp due to the warmer summer days. Some how the old heater got switched on again and it did what it does best and cooked the tank. Geez, I suck!!!!!!

 

[lethal]

Oh Jim, that is terrible news . Try not to beat yourself up over it, we all get busy and make mistakes. Hopefully your losses are at a minimum.

 

[JimmyJ]

Home now and can see the final damage. Only the tang survived, about to go fish out four dead fish thanks to my stupid mistake....

 

[mcentire1123]

Sorry about your losses.

 

[lethal]

 

[JimmyJ]

Water changed + dead fish out + media changed + new heater installed + new controller installed = starting over

 

[Shazbah]

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

+1 - Try not to beat yourself up over it, we all get busy and make mistakes

here wishing the best for the re-start, hopefully you will never have to deal with the tank getting hot like that again !

 

[Robzilla]

Oh wow I'm so sorry to hear that. Looks like I should invest in a controller as well.....

 

[steved13]

Very sorry to hear of your troubles We've all made mistakes, don't beat yourself up, it won't change anything anyway.

 

[Anselth]

Like everyone else said, we all make mistakes. It's how we learn from them. Glad to see you got a controller, they really are the way to go, especially for temp regulation.

 

[JimmyJ]

Thanks guys. Still sucks that is was my fault when I had everything within reach so this wouldn't happen.

After installing the controller I found that my other digital thermometer was off by about 3 degrees. Which means that when the tank was at 97 yesterday, it was really at 100.... Got to give it the Blue Tang for being able to deal with high temps twice now and still live. A true warrior fish.

 

[JimmyJ]

Just ordered the quick crew for the 130 from reefcleaners.org. Can't believe how cheap it is plus with free shipping. It comes out to about 30 cents a snail.

 

[lethal]

Wow, that's cheap! We pay around $5 for small snails here.