Emergency! Need quick help!

AndtheBonus · 11-21-2008, 03:36 PM

I was cleaning my tank doing a water change and what not. I forgot to unplug the heater and as I was filling it back up...POP the heater shatters! There is glass in the back chamber but I am not too worried about that! What I am worried about is an electrical current! Do u think I will get electrocuted if I stick my hand in the tank!?! I am going now to buy a new heater but is the tank and everything gonna be ok? Everything in the tank now looks good but it just happened 10 minutes ago!

SeaLover · 11-21-2008, 03:40 PM

unplug the heater from the outlet

Smiley1 · 11-21-2008, 03:43 PM

get a stealth heater... you will never have that problem again!

AndtheBonus · 11-21-2008, 04:22 PM

Ya the old heater is out! Man more money spent lol. There goes the new coral on Sunday

oh well it happens. I am still afraid to stick my hand in the tank though!

sambrinar · 11-21-2008, 04:24 PM

if the heater is out, you should be able to stick your hand in the tank no problem, just watch out for the glass

ReefGuy69 · 11-21-2008, 04:26 PM

as long as you unplugged the heater then you will be fine. Its not like the electricity is sitting there waiting for you to stick your hand in.

framerguy · 11-21-2008, 04:37 PM

yeah, a healthy respect for electricity and water is a good thing! You will be fine now though with it unplugged and out of the water.

new reefer 03 · 11-21-2008, 04:56 PM

if you buy a gfci converter thingy, you will never have to worry about touching your water

11-21-2008, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
AndtheBonus Plate Coral Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 775 View Gallery Karma Komment	Emergency! Need quick help! I was cleaning my tank doing a water change and what not. I forgot to unplug the heater and as I was filling it back up...POP the heater shatters! There is glass in the back chamber but I am not too worried about that! What I am worried about is an electrical current! Do u think I will get electrocuted if I stick my hand in the tank!?! I am going now to buy a new heater but is the tank and everything gonna be ok? Everything in the tank now looks good but it just happened 10 minutes ago! __________________ 24g Aquapod Want GSP? PM me.

11-21-2008, 03:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
SeaLover Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 469 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Emergency! Need quick help! unplug the heater from the outlet __________________ 75 Gallon Reef (Established 6: years old) Salinity 1.026 (Refractometer) DKH-8 P.H-8.1 Calcium-450 ppm Magnesium-1400 Lighting-48 inch 2 150 W HQI 10,000k 4 65 w pc Actinics Lunar lights 1 Maroon Clown, 1 Blue Tang, 1 Royal Gramma. Pulsating Xenia's, frogspawn, asst mushrooms, neon green recordia, pom pom xenia's, button polyps, green star polyps, bubble coral and few different types of zoa's. (Eagle eyes, Orange Bam bam's, Leprechaun eyes, yellow sunflowers)

11-21-2008, 03:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
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11-21-2008, 04:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
AndtheBonus Plate Coral Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 775 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Emergency! Need quick help! Ya the old heater is out! Man more money spent lol. There goes the new coral on Sunday oh well it happens. I am still afraid to stick my hand in the tank though! __________________ 24g Aquapod Want GSP? PM me.

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