How many thermometers have you broke??

Fish Friend · 11-09-2005, 10:37 AM

Cmon,
Admit it! Over the years we have surely ALL broke one or two thermometers seen as they are so fragile!

Ill start.

i just broke my 6th fish thermometer yesterday

...half of them i dropped on the floor...geese, I hope they dont still use mercury otherwise ill be as mad as a hatter

(we learnt all this in science yesterday

)
Tell us all how many you have broke!!!

wildtiger · 11-09-2005, 10:49 AM

I've not personally broke any, but my pikes have broke 3 in the past.

Grrr, after re-reading that, I've not ever broke any themometers nor have my fish broke any.

I was refering to heaters in my original post.

Georgia Peach · 11-09-2005, 11:05 AM

Ive had three break - two by me and one by an oscar - thats why I buy those stick on kind - they may not be quite as accuarate - but they last longer at my house! LOL

Damon · 11-09-2005, 11:15 AM

None broken here.......

fishfreaks · 11-09-2005, 12:42 PM

We've never had any break either.

**Osiris** · 11-09-2005, 12:45 PM

funny ou bring this up i just broke my first one last night, i was going a little too happy with my cleaning magnet on the glass

**Cichlid Man** · 11-09-2005, 12:52 PM

Forget about thermometers, I've broken 8 heaters.

Fish Friend · 11-09-2005, 01:15 PM

lol clumsy people
sorry i know i cant say anything

fishfreaks · 11-09-2005, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cichlid Man

Forget about thermometers, I've broken 8 heaters.

Wow CM, how did you manage that?

fishboy · 11-09-2005, 03:03 PM

I've never broken any, but i broke a heater(or at least damaged it somehow) and a filter

fishboy · 11-09-2005, 03:04 PM

oops! I voted in 1-2, i meant to vote 0!

**Cichlid Man** · 11-09-2005, 03:22 PM

My pacu broke one, my red tailed cat broke the other, one cracked for no reason, the others just cracked over time from over use. (I've had them donkeys years).

DUSTIN323 · 11-09-2005, 04:11 PM

No thermometers but one or two heaters when I was younger because I didn't let them sit 15mins before I plugged them in.

Lexus · 11-09-2005, 04:40 PM

One at work, I smushed it against the tank

**Baby_Baby** · 11-09-2005, 05:01 PM

never broke any, but I'm a jynx, so we'll see what happens

**TheOldSalt** · 11-10-2005, 05:43 AM

I've broken a few thermometers, and probably close to 30 heaters.

fishfreaks · 11-10-2005, 05:48 AM

Is the stuff inside the thermometers dangerous for the tank? I would think so.

shev · 11-10-2005, 05:11 PM

I've broken 0 thermometers but a crapload of heaters. mostly burned them out.

**fish_doc** · 11-10-2005, 08:24 PM

I broke a few when I was a kid.
As far as ones for the aquarium I havent broke any. I use the liquid crystal ones.

Fish Friend · 11-15-2005, 11:59 AM

how do they break anyway??? go on overdrive lol

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11-09-2005, 10:37 AM	#1
Fish Friend Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 234	How many thermometers have you broke?? Cmon, Admit it! Over the years we have surely ALL broke one or two thermometers seen as they are so fragile! Ill start. i just broke my 6th fish thermometer yesterday ...half of them i dropped on the floor...geese, I hope they dont still use mercury otherwise ill be as mad as a hatter (we learnt all this in science yesterday ) Tell us all how many you have broke!!! __________________ "Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it." ================================================== 32g:Freshwater Community 10g: Rearing tank soon to be upgraded to a 15g and turned into a nano setup!! -Parky

11-09-2005, 10:49 AM	#2
wildtiger "Salmon Free!" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 362	I've not personally broke any, but my pikes have broke 3 in the past. Grrr, after re-reading that, I've not ever broke any themometers nor have my fish broke any. I was refering to heaters in my original post. __________________ Last edited by wildtiger; 11-09-2005 at 11:08 AM.

11-09-2005, 11:05 AM	#3
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	Ive had three break - two by me and one by an oscar - thats why I buy those stick on kind - they may not be quite as accuarate - but they last longer at my house! LOL __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

11-09-2005, 11:15 AM	#4
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,972	None broken here....... __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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11-09-2005, 12:42 PM	#5
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,276	We've never had any break either. __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

11-09-2005, 12:45 PM	#6
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,816	funny ou bring this up i just broke my first one last night, i was going a little too happy with my cleaning magnet on the glass __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

11-09-2005, 12:52 PM	#7
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	Forget about thermometers, I've broken 8 heaters. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

11-09-2005, 01:15 PM	#8
Fish Friend Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 234	lol clumsy people sorry i know i cant say anything __________________ "Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it." ================================================== 32g:Freshwater Community 10g: Rearing tank soon to be upgraded to a 15g and turned into a nano setup!! -Parky

11-09-2005, 03:03 PM	#10
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	I've never broken any, but i broke a heater(or at least damaged it somehow) and a filter __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

11-09-2005, 03:04 PM	#11
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	oops! I voted in 1-2, i meant to vote 0! __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

11-09-2005, 03:22 PM	#12
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	My pacu broke one, my red tailed cat broke the other, one cracked for no reason, the others just cracked over time from over use. (I've had them donkeys years). __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

11-09-2005, 04:11 PM	#13
DUSTIN323 ~/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\~ Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 521	No thermometers but one or two heaters when I was younger because I didn't let them sit 15mins before I plugged them in. __________________ Gen1Performance.com Gen 1 Performance Forum

11-09-2005, 04:40 PM	#14
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,405	One at work, I smushed it against the tank __________________ 55 Gallon 2 Blood Parrots 2 Angelfish 1 Fantail Goldfish 46 Gallon 1 Albino Bristlenose 2 Angelfish 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 5 Zebra Danios 8 Tiger Barbs 9 Neon Tetras 13 Assorted Corys 29 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids & fry 1 Electric Blue Crayfish 10 Gallon 2 Snails

11-09-2005, 05:01 PM	#15
Baby_Baby Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,806 Blog Entries: 1	never broke any, but I'm a jynx, so we'll see what happens __________________ "By avoiding the very thing you despise the most, by trying to be "different" by striving to be so "unique", you've become the sole and center of all that you held so high on the pedestal of disgusting mortality deemed society."

11-10-2005, 05:43 AM	#16
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,471	I've broken a few thermometers, and probably close to 30 heaters.

11-10-2005, 05:48 AM	#17
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,276	Is the stuff inside the thermometers dangerous for the tank? I would think so. __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

11-10-2005, 05:11 PM	#18
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 20 Posts: 1,591	I've broken 0 thermometers but a crapload of heaters. mostly burned them out.

11-10-2005, 08:24 PM	#19
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,881 Blog Entries: 14	I broke a few when I was a kid. As far as ones for the aquarium I havent broke any. I use the liquid crystal ones. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

11-15-2005, 11:59 AM	#20
Fish Friend Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 234	how do they break anyway??? go on overdrive lol __________________ "Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it." ================================================== 32g:Freshwater Community 10g: Rearing tank soon to be upgraded to a 15g and turned into a nano setup!! -Parky

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