BEWARE!! Marineland Stealth Pro Heater

[rich_one]

don't know if this is a new development or not... but mine did something new to me, anyway. it cooked my fish! that's right.

I'm standing near the tank, trying to figure out where I am feeling radiant heat coming from, when I put my hand on the tank. WOA! it was HOT!

needless to say, I unplugged the heater, but the damage was already done.

I'll never buy this heater again.

-Rich

[Eddie]

don't know if this is a new development or not... but mine did something new to me, anyway. it cooked my fish! that's right.

I'm standing near the tank, trying to figure out where I am feeling radiant heat coming from, when I put my hand on the tank. WOA! it was HOT!

needless to say, I unplugged the heater, but the damage was already done.

I'll never buy this heater again.

-Rich

Sorry to hear buddy, I'd contact the company and let them know what happened. Replacing just the heater won't jive in this case.

Take care,

Eddie

[cooksa]

I just had my first experience with these new model Marineland Stealth heaters. Thankfully it exploded in my aging barrel instead of one of the tanks. Dumping only about 13gal of water on the floor. I immediately unplugged the other new one I bought. I certainly don't want a replacement after reading this thread.

I'll have to look into either these Jaegers or some kind of tiny canister filter for my little tank that I can stick a tiny inline heater on.

[goodoo]

Id like to see Stilllearning take a bath with one of these heaters.

[JaVia]

I agree this is a crazy thing, but I am sure it can happen with anything!
I am so happy to read that marineland stands behind their products 100%. They covered all his fish, the tank, and repairing his home, WOW. I am impressed that they are so willing to correct such a horrific accident. I am happy to hear that because I have three marineland heaters!

[Willie]

I agree this is a crazy thing, but I am sure it can happen with anything!....I am happy to hear that because I have three marineland heaters!

Actually, it cannot happen with anything. I've had this happen only with their Pro Stealth models personally and I've only read of this model blowing up. After it happened, I took them out of all my breeding and grow out tanks and replaced them.

Willie

[LizStreithorst]

I have a ton of these. I have found them to be not as relaible as I would like, so little by little I'm replacing them with Ebo's. I will likely always have them in my plastic WS containers, though.