reefer_head
Reefing newb
While sitting at home yesterday the lights on my tank went off. No biggie power on here power off there must have tripped a breaker. Sure enough breaker was tripped at the panel, so naturally I turned it back on. As Soon as I did the kid starts yelling "there's smoke coming out of the fish tank." I turned the breaker back off, and the location of the smoke was where the heater sits. I didn't think much of it I just pulled the heater out and determined that it was a piece of crap heater that only last about a year. I turned the breaker back on and started looking at the fish. Wow there usually swimming around this time a day. Instead they were all hiding where they normally sleep. I put two and two together and determined that when I turned the breaker on before the smoke the heater had shorted out and must have sent a dose of electricity through the tank. I only have three fish in my tank. A Tomato Clown, a Royal Gramma, and a Six Line Wrasse. At this point only time will tell how bad of a shock they got. This morning when I turned on the light I saw the clown swimming around, but not to far from it's bed. The Gramma made a quick get away to a spot under a rock, and the six line is still near m.i.a (meaning I saw the tail getting sucked up further into a rock.) I take that back. Six line is now swimming around the tank, and clown is chasing him. Gramma on the other hand still seems very stressed and is hiding, but is alive. I hope they'll be alright. After all I had these little guys in my tank now for four years now, and would hate to lose them all at the same time due to faulty equipment. In case your wondering what type a heater I wont be buying again it was a Visi-Therm Stealth.