NEED HELP

So I got up this morning and the heater was heating the water so much it was bubbling so I pulled it out and everything was doing great so me and the wife out to get a new heater "ps the heater was plastic so it didnt brake We just got home and all my fish are dead and the house smells like burning the coral looks ok so far I just did a 10G water change "29G bio cube" WHAT SHOULD I DO???????????? HELP ME WILL I BE OK IF NOT I NEED TO START GETTING STUFF OUT I DONT HAVE ANOTHER TANK I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO HELP ME PLEASE I DONT HAVE NOTTING TO TEST THE WATER SO I DONT KNOW!!!

Have you checked your pumps to make sure one is not blocked? If you took the old heater out and it was still heating up it's got to be something other than the heater. However, if it was the heater i would fill zip lock bags with ice to get it cooled down first.

I got all the fish out asap when I got home I just took a cup of water to petco and they told me my ph is 7.4 and N was a little high and everything ealse was good I going to do another 5G water change and change out carbon
 I have a bio cube and in the back where the heater it sound like boiling water the heater was WAY hot I thow it out and went out and bought a new one!!

Sounds like the microswitch got stuck in the on position, or that the housing cracked and was electrifying the water (or both). I had that happen with a Hydor Theo, the switch stuck on, the housing shattered and I came downstairs to a buzzing noise. When I opened the stand the heater was buzzing and the water was bubbling around the heater from the electricity coming off of it. You already replaced the heater, but what is your actual water temp? Before you raise your pH what is your alk? Usually pH will only lower if your alk is already low. 

Called the number.

sorry to hear man that sucks. If you need help I live not to far not sure what I could do but let me know

I got a good size SPS you can have once you got everything under control

I would be happy to frag what I can to get you started again. As far as the Stealth heaters... when the discussion did come up, I pulled both my heaters out (which I found was also the cause of the stray voltage in my tank). While the manufacture had pulled the heaters from the market, they had  not recalled any heaters at that time and would do nothing about the potential problem. Guess they were waiting for bigger problems which might very well result in law suites. Fortunately I was able to return them to Pet Smart. No questions asked.

Well here are Pix of the heater that was in the tank. Dose anyone have the stealth web site or a email that I email them? Thanks for every ones help!!















Edited by Brandon1985 - April 05 2011 at 7:22am

i had that same one but the 200 watt model and it blew up in my tank when i first started out in this hobby which was a couple months ago and it sucked, fried all my new inverts and sea life that i was so excited about and killed a few of my favorite fish.....if it doesnt have the light on top to tell you its on or off its the old model and cant be turned in from what i found out :( sorry to hear about your frustrations it will get better :) i bought an Ehiem brand heater and its radtastic at keeping water temps perfect in my tank :)