Hello guys
Just returned from work had a quick look at one of my planted tanks to find an Otto on the substrate with his insides hanging out, then another and another and then my 3 dwarf puffers.I was stunned to say the least, I quickly checked my other tanks everything was fine thank god, I was racking my brains what could of caused this, until I got closer to the tank it hit me....... the heat! Water was at 48.5c
The heater was a 200w hydor external, I only added to this tank a few weeks ago,it was on one of my tanganyika tanks prior to this with a breeding pair of J. Transcriptus. The heater is only 18 months old! I opened the heater up and found this
Im worried now as I'm running another on my main tanganyika display tank, looks like I'll be going back to an eheim jäger on that tank soon as I get chance to fetch one.
Just thought I'd post this as a heads up to others using one.
............ Gutted
Just returned from work had a quick look at one of my planted tanks to find an Otto on the substrate with his insides hanging out, then another and another and then my 3 dwarf puffers.I was stunned to say the least, I quickly checked my other tanks everything was fine thank god, I was racking my brains what could of caused this, until I got closer to the tank it hit me....... the heat! Water was at 48.5c
The heater was a 200w hydor external, I only added to this tank a few weeks ago,it was on one of my tanganyika tanks prior to this with a breeding pair of J. Transcriptus. The heater is only 18 months old! I opened the heater up and found this
Im worried now as I'm running another on my main tanganyika display tank, looks like I'll be going back to an eheim jäger on that tank soon as I get chance to fetch one.
Just thought I'd post this as a heads up to others using one.
............ Gutted