Heater failed overnight... S*cks

Lebowski_ · Jul 5, 2023

Acros said:
I use 2x 50w Eheim Jager heaters on my IM25 lagoon. They fit perfectly in the first or second chamber. I anyway like to get 2x slightly undersized heaters.

Really? Is that the lagoon or the other 25g?

Acros · Jul 5, 2023

Lebowski_ said:
Really? Is that the lagoon or the other 25g?

The lagoon AIO. I think that is the only 25 that IM makes.

revhtree · Jul 6, 2023

So sorry for the losses!

Back in my earlier days I lost most of my tank due to a glass heater bursting without my knowledge.

Zeromus-X · Jul 6, 2023

revhtree said:
So sorry for the losses! Back in my earlier days I lost most of my tank due to a glass heater bursting without my knowledge.

What happened when it burst? No longer grounded/electricity issue, or overheat/underheat?

I'm glad this thread exists as I hadn't heard of the AutoAqua that was mentioned. I was thinking that a great feature for a return pump would be a thermostat -- for those who put the heater in the sump, if the return pump hit under/over a certain temperature it could stop pumping to the main tank and sound/send an alarm. But it seems like plugging the heater into a temperature sensing plug will do basically the same thing without replacing a pump.

fish farmer · Jul 6, 2023

WhatCouldGoWrong71 said:
Washing the sand we are finding things we never knew we had. So sad. Anyone have any idea on the rock and the beneficial bacteria? Is my live rock salvageable at all?

I had a similar situation, three day heat wave nuked my tank. It was a recent rebuild at two months with new sandbed and new cured rock and mature rock.

I recured/recycled my rock in a 20 gallon and my DT which was a 55. The small tank had some surviving palys. I think I let it do its thing, no lights and siphoning death out of the DT. I struggled with algae issues for a long time. I probably should have done a major cleaning and maybe ditched part of the rock.