Is my heater broken

[MNfishy]

Ok well i got a 50 watt heater for my 10 gallon tank a couple of days ago, and now the power orange light, is like blinking like its struggling for power. Is it broken. Its made by Aquatic Gardens

 

[The-Wolf]

try turning it up a notch and see if the light is constant, if it still flickers I'd say it's on the verge of breakdown.

 

[MNfishy]

Ya its broken, my temp went from 78 to 68 over night, shold i try to get a new one asap? or can my 3 xebra danios survive a day at room temp?

**EDIT** BTW this will be my 7th day in a row going to the pet store

 

[maestro]

there quite tough so imagine they will survive but you want to get a new one asap.

In you have to leave it a day you can always turn your heating up a bit!

 

[Matty]

Don't worry. The same thing happened to me with my old heater...my fish survived (even though my tank temp only dropped about 6 degrees in 2 days) buy an ebo jager heater. you won't ever look back.

 

[The-Wolf]

Ya its broken, my temp went from 78 to 68 over night, shold i try to get a new one asap? or can my 3 xebra danios survive a day at room temp?

**EDIT** BTW this will be my 7th day in a row going to the pet store

Zebra danios are classified as sub-tropical. Their natural enviroment includes mountain streams the have to deal with spring snow melts, therfore they can stand cool water. The temp range for ZD's is 18-24c / 64-75f.

 

[MNfishy]

ok thanks. BTW look i might be getting THIS for $175, i talked to the guy and im so excited. I kind of want to get some bala sharks, then move them to a 120 gallon tank in like 2-3 years when they get bigger, would that work? Wht else could i put with them?

 

[sparklingcolorsafw]

I heard a red tail shark is a good tank mate for balas. But the balas need to be kept in a group, and you can only have one red tail. The red tails are agressive fish so it would be a bad idea to put smaller fish in with it.