COBettaCouple

Due to a heater going nuclear Saturday night and cooking them in the Q tank, we didn't get a chance to take pics of 3 new albino bushy nose plecos that we bought Friday night at the fish club auction. They were real beauties and the water was 120F+. Poor things.

andy65

I feel for you,man!

Don't be hard on yourself,thing happen.

Drea

Bummer, I know how many times I myself have worried about heater malfunctions. Why doesn't a mfg. make them with some sort of fail-safe on them? They obviously know what they are for...makes no sense

sirdarksol

That sucks.

Lucy

I'm so sorry you lost your fish.

Bonochick

Oh no!!! I'm so sorry.

susitna-flower

OM....You were being a good CObettaDAD, and I am so sorry...

Narcicius

120 degrees how did you get that sun in your tank. Sorry for the loss I'm just amazed at that temp.

Allie

That sucks. Poor fishies

Narcicius

Any idea how the heater went berserk at all. What brand was it?

MissMTS

I'm sorry you lost your little guys

COBettaCouple

It just was constantly heating. A Tetra brand heater. One of the small ones that we had for the little tanks. I can't believe how fast it heated the water. It was only about 8 hours after it was 78F in the tank when I checked it and saw our cooked baby plecos. I won't be buying any products by Tetra again.

Narcicius

Wow I didn't realize aquarium heaters could even get that hot, I mean they shouldn't be able to for obvious reasons.