Oase heat up 300 broke.

[Luciën]

So did anyone has this problem? My Oase heatup 300 has broken for the second time in my cannister in one year!
It was supposed to be a sturdy heater it was sitting in the cannister a saw a temp drop an opened the cannister to see it broken again. I'm not pleased at all about the quality of these! Lost my receipt so have to buy a new one.. Someone knows if there are better heaters that fit in to the socket of a biomaster 600?

 

[Siege]

Have a chat where you bought it.

You need to turn the heater off 5 mins before stopping flow. When turning heater back on wait 5 mins before putting heater back on to ensure full flow is back up.

If the prefilter is blocked it can cause the heater to break.

Hope that helps.

 

[Jayefc1]

My heater broke twice second time I couldn't even get it out i took it back to the garden centre they replaced it without question

 

[Luciën]

You need to turn the heater off 5 mins before stopping flow. When turning heater back on wait 5 mins before putting heater back on to ensure full flow is back up.

Thats a good tip I always unplug all at once before I clean the filter.. Maybe the heat made damage in the glass that cracked later on.. I will not do it this way anymore..

My heater broke twice second time I couldn't even get it out i took it back to the garden centre they replaced it without question

Pff getting it out of the fitting is a hell of a job and really dangerous with broken glass..

 

[fishbro]

I had this happen randomly overnight in my biomaster 600. Hadn't done anything the day before to cause it. This does seem to be a weakness of the filter design... I lost pretty much all of my dwarf gourami over the following 48 hours as a result (this happened in winter and the tank become really cold)

Some people have theorised before that if the filter gets a bit blocked up the water level inside can drop and then the heater isn't submerged far enough.

 

[oscar]

This is the reason I swayed away from purchasing. Okay in terms of keeping the heater out of view its fantastic, but have heard several other views on exactly your issue/and others.
For me you can't beat Ehiem/Fluval ...

Oscar

 

[Luciën]

I went back to the store at first they called oase, and they said that i could not happen if it wasnt on emerged and that I was the first to bring back a broken heater..
The owner of the store was helpfull they did not have a spare so he took one out of a new filterbox and gave it to me. So it is solved..

 

[fishbro]

I went back to the store at first they called oase, and they said that i could not happen if it wasnt on emerged and that I was the first to bring back a broken heater..
The owner of the store was helpfull they did not have a spare so he took one out of a new filterbox and gave it to me. So it is solved..

Good to hear it was sorted. Oase definitely know about this as I contacted them directly when it happened.

I’m pretty happy with my jbl filter now, just a shame I have to have a heater spoiling the view in my tank now

 

[Howie54]

So did anyone has this problem? My Oase heatup 300 has broken for the second time in my cannister in one year!
It was supposed to be a sturdy heater it was sitting in the cannister a saw a temp drop an opened the cannister to see it broken again. I'm not pleased at all about the quality of these! Lost my receipt so have to buy a new one.. Someone knows if there are better heaters that fit in to the socket of a biomaster 600?

I had same problem. Heater stopped working pulled it out and it was in bits bought a new and not that impressed with it. Temperature seems to fluctuate a lot, this is my first in filter heater and if this continues I'll replace with an in tank titanium heater.

 

[Fiske]

Yup. Happened here too

 

[Luciën]

No problems anymore, so far. but Ive put it in my sump since I don't use the filter anymore.