Hydor Heater Recall

[imagirlgeek]

Hydor asks all customers who purchased the Theo 300W aquarium heater with batch numbers 928, 929 & 938 (June - October 2009) and Theo 400W aquarium heater with batch numbers 926, 931 & 938 to stop using the product immediately and return it to the store where the heater was purchased.

The batch number is written on the heater label. For info on identifying where the batch number is on the heater visit http://www.hydor.com/news.

[cichlid1409]

are the accelerators sticking? )




thanks for the heads-up

[gotticgs]

thats f up

[screename]

I lost about $300 worth of fish because of these stupid heaters. Back to eheims for me.

[CichlidFan]

thanks for the heads up.....

CF

[cichlid1409]

I lost about $300 worth of fish because of these stupid heaters. Back to eheims for me.

dang! what happened? did it get stuck 'on' or 'off'?

[rage]

I have a hydor heater 300w but instead of THEO, it says All Glass Aquarium.
I could not find on the net any info regarding this. Do you know if this is a different product?

[imagirlgeek]

Does the label look like this?

[rage]

No it does not.
I'll take a picture when I get home this afternoon.

[imagirlgeek]

I think you are okay then. Apparently this was a specific batch of heaters. But, of course, feel free to post the pic later.

[rage]

Here are the pictures. I searched and could not find this heater on the internet.

[imagirlgeek]

Hmmm...okay, my guess here is that it's a Hydor heater, but was re-branded and sold by All-Glass. All-Glass.com now redirects you to aqueonproducts.com. I think you are okay because it doesn't have the batch number on the label. But if you are nervous about it (or having problems with it), you could always contact Aqueon and explain the situation.

[rullypullyfishhead]

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at petsolutions there $31 for a 300 watt.there review is 5 stars out of 8 reviews.
one thing thai told me was to have a backup temp control.which i dont have yet.ive had this heater for 2 weeks now and after dialing in 78 degrees i have never had to touch it.
i do have a titanium cheap heater no name brand on my 55 gallon that i watch like a hawk.temp on it is never stable.i check as often as possible.