I have to pay shipping

[jetajockey]

if you cant afford a new heater (which is what I recommend, get a jager), then insulate the tank as best as you can with a towel or blanket as posted above, you could also leave your lights on to help with heat, but you might have algae issues because of it.

I think your best plan of action though is to get a good heater and when they replace the other one with a new one, sell it.

 

[Jody]

Go to wal mart buy cheap heater when your new one returns bring back the heater to wal mart and get refund

 

[BettaFishMommy]

I think your best plan of action though is to get a good heater and when they replace the other one with a new one, sell it.

so she would be selling a potentially faulty heater to somebody? IMO, not the best of ideas..........

keep the one that marineland sends you as a spare, but only use it if you know for sure that you will be home to monitor whatever tank it goes in the whole time.

 

[judgemax]

i will look in the morning, i think i may have a heater that will work for you, that you can have. you will have to pay shipping, but i am sure we can ship it pretty darn cheap. ( i will even work with you on shipping somehow. ) that way, you will get mine in about two days, then can ship yours out, and wait for a new one. then when you get ahead financialy, you can replace your heater with a much better one send me a pm with your info sometime soon, and we will figure out what shipping will cost us.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

BFM, I think jetajockey was saying to sell the new replacement heater; not the old faulty one. That one is being returned to Marineland anyway.

Edit, nevermind. After rereading your post, it looks like you are talking about the replacement heater after all. Got it.

 

[BettaFishMommy]

BFM, I think jetajockey was saying to sell the new replacement heater; not the old faulty one. That one is being returned to Marineland anyway.

Edit, nevermind. After rereading your post, it looks like you are talking about the replacement heater after all. Got it.

guess i should have chosen my wording a lil better...... lol.

 

[jetajockey]

Ya, I meant sell the replacement, if it is new in the box even better, price wise. IMO marineland heaters just have not been worth their cost at all, but people obviously still buy them.

A brand new replacement marineland heater is not any more potentially fault than one sold at the store, if someone really loves the brand then I'd be happy to sell it to them. I just don't trust them personally.

There have been more than a few gripes about their heater line in the past few years, I don't think it inherently makes their heaters faulty, they sell ALOT of these things after all, their heaters are just not something I am going to put my trust in, especially when jagers are way more dependable and often cheaper.

 

[MacMyers]

Buy another identical heater, take it out of the box, clean up the old one, put it back in the box, and return it as defective to the retailer. The Marineland sales guy comes by once a month or so and replaces all of their stuff or credits their account and you don't get stuck with shipping and wait times. Unless your LFS is 50 miles away or something you solve the problem in a few hours and only feel a little bit like a criminal.......

Did I say that out loud? :22_yikes:

 

[wespastor]

and only feel a little bit like a criminal.......

Did I say that out loud? :22_yikes:

t t t :headshake2: for shame, for shame, for shame :headshake2:

 

[pinkertd]

1 - Buy a new heater, of a different brand, preferably Jager.
2 - Return the Marineland heater for replacement.
3 - Keep the replacement for a backup.

:iagree: That's exactly what I would do too.