Oops-dangerous Heaters

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i must say ill never try to save a buck again.

At my trusty lfs I bought a heater- the cheapest one there for mt QT tank- its just a qt tank, right??

BIG mistake. Little did i know there is no safety feature whatsoever and after turning it on yesterday i fell asleep for about two hours, woke up, and the temp was over 115! degress Farignheit....bad bad.

i HAD 5 neons and one FT female guppy (who WAS about to deliver) in there and they were all laying at the bottom, lifeless

i immediately started adding crushed ice and when it started melting all but 2 neons started wiggling back to life, thankfully.

i got the temp down to lower 80's (i know u arent supposed to change temps that fast but i figured this was an exception) put in an air stone and cried for tourturing my fish

a few hours later i even put the guppy back in her usual tank to make up for it

Today the survivors seem to be doing ok and my question is : is it still possiable for some of them (or all) to die? and what other ill long term effects might this cause

They really shouldn't sell these types of heaters

I think that this ALSO proves that boiling fish is NOT a good way to euthanize because you can definately tell they were suffering-- I think if i remember correctly boiling is 120- They were definately"knocking on heavenns door" (no, im not a huge fan or anything but this euphanism pops in my head in this case)

 

[WILDER]

Or bless them how awful.
I agree you shouldn't alter temp to fast, but when your'e panicking you don't think properly.
You should of just alter the tank water gradually and increased aeration.
I would watch out for outbreak of columnaris to swim bladder, not sure with the temp being so high with whitespot.

 

[Essjay]

You weren't near boiling point - it's 212 in Fahrenheit. But it was still too warm for the fish, 115 F is 46 C.

 

[Colin_T]

if the fish survive a couple more days they should be fine but monitor them for secondary bacterial and fungal infections. Keep the feeding down for a week because the filters might have been affected.
There shouldn't be any long term side effects of being par boiled.