BEWARE!! Marineland Stealth Pro Heater

[tnsser]

Sitting on my couch today and BOOM! The side of my 75g tank blows out all over the place. The heater exploded like a bomb. If you are using one I would stop. It has been fine for 6 months and all the sudden it does this. No deaths be cause the only fish in the tank was a 8" Red Devil. It is a tough fish I had to throw him in a bucket of water. I have contacted Marineland. Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up. Sorry for the crap pictures but it was the only camera I had at the time.

[CL]

Whoa! This isn't the only thread recently about bad stealth heaters.
I'd make them buy you a new tank. Hope you got the mess under control.
At least the Vols won, eh?

[Green Leaf Aquariums]

Dont they have a recall on those?

[tnsser]

Originally Posted by Green Leaf Aquariums

Dont they have a recall on those?

I looked online but couldn't find one.

[macclellan]

Originally Posted by CL

At least the Vols won, eh?

Yeah it was sweet I was at the game.

sucks about that heater.

[adroit]

Yeah the safety shut off for all stealth heater I've tried doesn't work too well, which is about 7 of them. Every time I do a water change, when the water falls below the position of the heater, the heater is still on regardless. Sometimes it gets so hot I can smell the plastic.

[squirrelcrusher]

Wow that is crazy! I replaced the stealth in my 55 when I redid it, but I still have marineland heaters in 2 other tanks. I think I might look into swapping them out in the near future.

[tkblazer]

hmm thats not any good, i just bought one... hope they cover your tank

[hydrophyte]

They musta had the same guy designed the Prius gas pedal put that one together.

[CL]

Originally Posted by hydrophyte

They musta had the same guy designed the Prius gas pedal put that one together.

buh dum
psh


Can we get some pictures of the exploded heater?

[Minsc]

Weird, who knew such a thing could even happen!

I have had two stealth heaters fail on me last month, one on (cooked a couple fish),
one off (no deaths, just some lethargic, sad looking fish). Neither heater was new, they were both a couple years old, so not completely unexpected I guess.
I think I'll be giving my future heater purchases to another company.

[i love planted tanks]

yeah ,that is ridiculous.they should re inverses you some how,a new tank or some$$$.....75gal tank,WOW!

[TLE041]

Scary. I have the exact heater in my tank right now.

[cawnov]

Stealths are junk. I had one go out after one week and then returned it for another that is off by 4 degrees

[FSM]

Originally Posted by adroit

Yeah the safety shut off for all stealth heater I've tried doesn't work too well, which is about 7 of them. Every time I do a water change, when the water falls below the position of the heater, the heater is still on regardless. Sometimes it gets so hot I can smell the plastic.

So instead of taking the time to unplug it, you continue to run the risk of a heater exploding while your arms/face are potentially in the tank?