The night after our power went out we noticed the fish acting very strange. Lots of movement and swimming about from normally lazy fish. I went to bed and my husband went to feed the fish. He then ran down to tell me the water in tank was over 190 degrees! I quickly got up we drained some water out and put in cold water. But it was too late and the fish died except for one the pleco. The fish tank heater had shorted out and went into overheating. It should have just stayed off but instead boiled the fish. Glad we were home when this happened. Very dangerous for the fish, tank and our house. So now our 78 gallon tank is empty but for one pleco. He is a tough fish. Our plan is if life gets back to "normal-ish" we will put in goldfish and mollies. We bought a new heater with alarm and better alerting status settings. We have had our big tank in two states and for over 20 years. We have raised several kinds of freshwater fish over the years and still have the original live rock. This is the first time a heater has cooked our fish. We love having fish in a tank with us. It is very relaxing to watch.
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