Check your magnets!!

[TheLadyCrash]

I went to go feed some flakes to the fishies this weekend using my Innovative Marine "Gourmet Desfroster" which I've had for around a year or so. At first everything seemed normal.


But when I went to separate the magnets to put it in the tank, I started to notice a problem...


Notice that bulge between the 2 magnets? So it turns out that at some point, the magnet that goes inside the tank had CRACKED and was now rusted like crazy. I normally leave the feeder in the tank for a day or 2 if I'm feeling a bit lazy and I don't remember seeing it like this last time I used it, but who knows. It could have been in the tank that way for a couple days. So lesson learned, CHECK YOUR MAGNETS OFTEN!!!

 

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Has happened to me a few times but mostly on probe holders. Any magnet going inside the water needs to be checked often

 

[tdileo]

I've heard about this a lot with the gourmet defroster. Everybody I know with it says if you dont take it out after feeding it happens in a few weeks to months

 

[smokin'reefer]

Thanks for the post. I've been looking for a source of heavy metals after I did a triton test. I didn't think of these.

 

[xjiang7]

Also the thermostat with metal probe. It will rust a year or so

 

[TheLadyCrash]

I've heard about this a lot with the gourmet defroster. Everybody I know with it says if you dont take it out after feeding it happens in a few weeks to months

The most I've ever left it in the tank for was a few days. I guess a few days multiplied by many uses = this mess. Learned my lesson and will definitely not be using another of these and probably avoiding IM products in general.

 

[Forsaken77]

I went to go feed some flakes to the fishies this weekend using my Innovative Marine "Gourmet Desfroster" which I've had for around a year or so. At first everything seemed normal.


But when I went to separate the magnets to put it in the tank, I started to notice a problem...


Notice that bulge between the 2 magnets? So it turns out that at some point, the magnet that goes inside the tank had CRACKED and was now rusted like crazy. I normally leave the feeder in the tank for a day or 2 if I'm feeling a bit lazy and I don't remember seeing it like this last time I used it, but who knows. It could have been in the tank that way for a couple days. So lesson learned, CHECK YOUR MAGNETS OFTEN!!!

No type of feeding magnet should really be left in the tank for more than a half hour or that happens. They're meant to feed and then take out and rinse with freshwater.