Been a long week...

[afboundguy]

Sorry been a long week (not good except for my first FFM show) and to start this full moon/Friday the 13th week I was working on my tank and thought the water felt a little cold... Low and behold it's down to 74 one of my heaters crapped the bed so looks like I need to go grab another one tomorrow am...

Side note started a copepod culture hope it works out I saw a few still swimming around tonight but not holding my breath based on this past week

 

[Jason_charlestown]

Hey look on the bright side, your heater decided to go out the one day that the temperature reached 70 degrees. For a heater dying in the middle of MA winter that's not that bad

 

[20gReef]

Copopods are hardy. I got an order of pods in with some corals on friday. Didnt see them so wrote an email stating I didnt receive them. Turns out they were tucked under a flap in the box... been sitting in the bag for 4 days. Every single one was alive lol. I have hope for your pods

 

[CAPSLOCK]

74 isn't too bad. Good thing you caught it before it dropped too far.

 

[afboundguy]

Hey look on the bright side, your heater decided to go out the one day that the temperature reached 70 degrees. For a heater dying in the middle of MA winter that's not that bad

This is true lol... Normally on March 8th we'd be lucky if it hit 45!!!

 

[afboundguy]

Copopods are hardy. I got an order of pods in with some corals on friday. Didnt see them so wrote an email stating I didnt receive them. Turns out they were tucked under a flap in the box... been sitting in the bag for 4 days. Every single one was alive lol. I have hope for your pods

I'll have to check with a flashlight and stir it up a little tomorrow.

 

[afboundguy]

74 isn't too bad. Good thing you caught it before it dropped too far.

Good thing I'm actually doing consistent water changes otherwise I wouldn't have caught it. Everything in the tank seems super happy but I noticed one of the heaters is on all the time while the other wasn't on at all. Thought I got 2 that could heat the tank by itself in case one went but honostly I'm not sure the sizes as I haven't had to get a new heater in forever...

 

[Jason_charlestown]

I highly recommend this https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Max-...id=1583850381&sprefix=ink+bird,aps,143&sr=8-5

It will beep when temperature is too high or too low, and it will save you from something far worse than a heater that dies and turns off. A heater that dies and stays permanently on. Set Inkbird to 78 and your heaters to 79. That way both Inkbird and your heaters need to malfunction simultaneously for your tank to be cooked.

 

[GobyWanKenobie]

Looks good, but it doesn't say safe for saltwater. How long have you had it? I'm in the market for a new heater with contoller.

 

[Jason_charlestown]

I encased the metal tip of the probe in a few layers of cyanoacrylate glue before I first used it. After a year and a few months I see no signs of deterioration. I only had thin cyanoacrylate glue at the time, but if you were to use a thick one, such as your typical coral glue, one layer should suffice.