Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: jcunningham0295 on October 29, 2013, 10:29:38 PM
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So I get home from work yesterday to find my heater malfunctioned and killed my Callochromis pleurospilus kigoma that I had brought in feom Germany. This hobby sure does have it's ups and downs.
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ouch, sorry to hear that Josh :(
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That sucks dude. Sorry to hear that :-[ Was it an old heater or?
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Thanks, no the heater wasn't more than 1 year old.
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Damn that sucks man, I'm really sorry to hear that.
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What kind was it?
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What kind was it?
Marineland.
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Visatherm right? stopped working or over heat?
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Visatherm right? stopped working or over heat?
Yes, over heat.
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Yeah before I started heating my room I had all visi therms because I got a good deal from marineland for them... Good deal alright. I had one overheat actually all the others stopped working one after another over 2 weeks. We had one on a service account that had 2 go over the weekend I got there yesterday and the one tank was at 62 the other 87. Lost some really nice anemones in the one tank they were not pleased we will say.
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Shitty news! Sorry to hear
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Horrible.
This is such a fear of mine.
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Sorry you lost such a special fish, let alone any fish. :(
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Tough break, Josh. Most of us have that happen at one or more times. It's one of the reasons I decided to go to central room heating. The other is the difference in operating cost. You might want to consider it since you have a sizeable fishroom.
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Sizeable fishroom... yeah, you could say that!
;D
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D'oh.
I'm picking up an oil filled heater today. Decided to just heat the room.
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Thanks everyone. I do need to look at options. My fear is though since my walls are not really insulated, I am wondering how much of the heat I would lose. Have some thinking to do after this mishap.
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Hope you figure out a good solution. Sorry the fish didn't make it.
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Josh - Sorry to hear about your lose !
You might be able to build perimeter walls outta metal studs (cut down on the saw dust) and then use styro insulation between the studs...
The Metal studs are easy, they go together like an erector set... NO MESS !
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Thanks everyone. I do need to look at options. My fear is though since my walls are not really insulated, I am wondering how much of the heat I would lose. Have some thinking to do after this mishap.
Josh, it's good to consider your options but even if you do nothing to the room to increase insulation, you an still compare your current energy consumption with in-tank heaters vs. a room heater or gas furnace. Natural gas is considerably cheaper than electricity BTU per BTU, especially in the case of in-tank heaters in my experience. The ventless gas heaters available on the market today put all the heat generated into the room. The heat loss from the room will be the same whether you're heating to a specific temperature with a central room heater or the combination of in-tank heaters you have today. If you were to add insulation, you'll retain more of the heat generated. I plan to attend the MCAS auction on November 9th. If you are there, I'd be more than happy to share my experiences with you.
Jim
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Thanks everyone. I do need to look at options. My fear is though since my walls are not really insulated, I am wondering how much of the heat I would lose. Have some thinking to do avfter this mishap.
Josh, it's good to consider your options but even if you do nothing to the room to increase insulation, you an still compare your current energy consumption with in-tank heaters vs. a room heater or gas furnace. Natural gas is considerably cheaper than electricity BTU per BTU, especially in the case of in-tank heaters in my experience. The ventless gas heaters available on the market today put all the heat generated into the room. The heat loss from the room will be the same whether you're heating to a specific temperature with a central room heater or the combination of in-tank heaters you have today. If you were to add insulation, you'll retain more of the heat generated. I plan to attend the MCAS auction on November 9th. If you are there, I'd be more than happy to share my experiences with you.
Jim
Ok, thanks Jim. I will be there.