Re: [GSAS-Member] Shattered Heater. Is that bad?

[Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com>]

Actually, it isn't all that bad. I've had many broken heaters in tanks and the 
fish
have done well. If you take the heater out as soon as it gets broken you can 
get by
without a water change even. I knew a person once who had a heater break, and 
he didn't
notice it for about a week. He only grew worried about the fish when he noticed 
that
they would occassionally "pass out" when swimming on one end of the tank. Turns 
out
they were getting shocked when the heater came on if they were near it. After 
he took
it out everything was fine.

Steev

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  Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I managed to snap my submersible heater inside a tank today.  Glass
> >> dropped
> >> to the bottom in little pieces.  Lame.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Are there any chemicals in the heater or anything else I need to be
> >> aware
> >> of?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Butter Fingers.
> >>
> >> 


      
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