Paper Spiders
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I just added my latest impulse buy from my LFS (clown pleco) last night an I noticed that he and some of my pygmy cories were not looking so hot. I tried not to worry about it, but later I glanced at my thermometer and saw that it had no temperature reading. None. I stuck my hand in the tank and noticed how warm it was. Panicking now, I started doing water changes, dripping cold conditioned water to lower the temperature.
When the temp started showing up on the thermometer, it was 88 degrees!
Completely flipping out now, I ripped the heater out of the tank and kept doing the slow water changes. I thought maybe, maybe somehow the heater just needed to be reset or something, so I adjusted the temperature (no, I don't know what it was at before) and stuck it back in the tank. It didnt turn on. Even as the water cooled to 76*, it didnt turn on. It was set to 78*. When I turned the thermometer up to 80*, it suddenly turned on. Huh.
Convinced that my heater was haunted, I rushed to Petco at 8:55 PM, and bought an Aqueon Pro 100 W Heater. The water had chilled to 74* and when I put the new heater in the water...nothing. It eventually turned on and I went to bed.
I checked on it in the middle of the night, 6 hours later it had stayed at 74*. Another 2 hours later it is almost at 76*.
What the heck?! I have a 20 gallon long, and I guess I can put the heater in a better place, but WHY IS IT SO SLOW? Should I return it? Buy a better brand?
When the temp started showing up on the thermometer, it was 88 degrees!
Completely flipping out now, I ripped the heater out of the tank and kept doing the slow water changes. I thought maybe, maybe somehow the heater just needed to be reset or something, so I adjusted the temperature (no, I don't know what it was at before) and stuck it back in the tank. It didnt turn on. Even as the water cooled to 76*, it didnt turn on. It was set to 78*. When I turned the thermometer up to 80*, it suddenly turned on. Huh.
Convinced that my heater was haunted, I rushed to Petco at 8:55 PM, and bought an Aqueon Pro 100 W Heater. The water had chilled to 74* and when I put the new heater in the water...nothing. It eventually turned on and I went to bed.
I checked on it in the middle of the night, 6 hours later it had stayed at 74*. Another 2 hours later it is almost at 76*.
What the heck?! I have a 20 gallon long, and I guess I can put the heater in a better place, but WHY IS IT SO SLOW? Should I return it? Buy a better brand?