I COOKED my fish with my new heater! RIP

RIP , Gus .turbo the snail, blue faced angel and my two real clown fish + 1 star

my wife woke me up screaming and I am in tears right now

I put that heater in last night to warm them up but it was rated for 140 thought it'd be ok

omg im so stupid!! i just found them they got flushed im so SICKK!!!!

 

ok ok ok. everyone make mistakes. how do you think i felt when i was feeding my anglerfish and the feeding prong went through him. its gonna be ok. get a heater that is rated for your tank or two that are reated for half your tank. two halfs equal a whole. make sure the water gets back to normal temp then test the water chemistry. if thats ok then go get a fish or two. everythings gonna be ok. i promise.

 

Its rough enough when we lose animals and dont understand why. Even rougher when its something we done. Sorry to hear about your loss. We all make mistakes

 

wha you fed your angler and speared him?

 

yea i got him to eat frozen foods. he went after the thing and it went through him. i frlt horrible. he died two hours later.

 

thanks for your replys they helped a little. I sorta feel like a fish serial killer though ug!

my room smells now. i think i may start all over. a new stand for the tank and a new sump system i feel my wet dry needs replaced with a more modern system
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god i feel so stupid! that heater is rated 800w 140 gal to 240

i'm a complete moron!

 

gex i'm so sorry for your loss too man

 

LOL my wife called me that last month when I was cleaning 2 reds, 8 snapper and 4 flounder.

 

I am so sorry for your loss. Please don't be so hard on yourself. We have all made mistakes and sometimes our livestock has suffered for it.

I am glad to see that you are using this as an opportunity to make some changes to your set-up. Take your time with your changes and I am sure your tank will be back better than ever. Also, you might want to look into a controller that has an alarm when the temp gets too high. I am looking into one for my next investment.

 

What heater did you use?

The ugly truth about this hobby is that most of us will kill a few fish in the beginning. Learn from your mistake, but don't let it crush your spirits too much. We have all been there.