Serious dangers of salt water tanks and any tank

[Aquattro]

Mike, based on all your info, I'm as good as dead

[kien]

Seriously guys, this thread is really shocking!

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Mike, based on all your info, I'm as good as dead

Well, I got carried away again a bit I reckon. Watched the thread develop & was eating popcorn for a while, but then couldn't resist the long winded saga.

In the end, it's a crap shoot. Some of us are destined to become statistics, most of us will muddle thru with some good fortune.

Edit: You're now no longer a member of the Losers Without LEDs club, so that's one step in the safe direction (according to Mike), even if it's not working for a coral or two....

[lockrookie]

Originally Posted by kien

Seriously guys, this thread is really shocking!

I'm kinda shocked too. Although I enjoy a few volts from time to time reminds me I'm alive and clears the arteries. And believe me I've been jolted good at times. It's amazing how much juice runs through a phone line when someone calls you and your residing your home phone system. But 110 always makes me smile. Although I do tend to stay away from the 220 plugs lol.

But I agree one must be cautious with power not just shocking yourself but causing a fire. This is what I fear the most.


Sent from my porcelain aquarium

[jorjef]

All things considered the only TRUE way to be safe around our tanks is........Rubber boots!!! that's right folks by wearing rubber boots while working in and around our tanks we are completely safe...To test this theory I smashed a heater while it was still in the water!! After I awoke from my sudden nap I was no worse for wear...I can't imagine what would have happened if I wasn't wearing them..

p.s. I find that with the boot sides rolled down old school that it provides an extra line of defense as the current rolls off the rolled edges rather than down into the boot. Can't ever be too safe. How DO those birds sit on the line with no birdie rubber boots?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by jorjef

How DO those birds sit on the line with no birdie rubber boots?

I've seen a few of them calculate wrong and POOF!!!

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Well, I got carried away again a bit I reckon. Watched the thread develop & was eating popcorn for a while, but then couldn't resist the long winded saga.

In the end, it's a crap shoot. Some of us are destined to become statistics, most of us will muddle thru with some good fortune.

Edit: You're now no longer a member of the Losers Without LEDs club, so that's one step in the safe direction (according to Mike), even if it's not working for a coral or two....

I would consider it a good carried away, never hurts to remind people of the dangers of this hobby.

[isaac1]

Thank you

[reefermadness]

And this is what makes canreef so cool......no body takes themselves too seriously, even when the subject is, well, serious. hahaha

[MitchM]

Originally Posted by mike31154

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Only items in my water with a cord attached anymore are heaters & I'm looking for a way to heat the water by other means, perhaps an under tank heating mat, like in floor heating or something. A little extreme maybe, but an idea nevertheless. Other item is a small Aquaclear powerhead feeding my skimmer, but I make sure the cord is above the water surface. In the end, it doesn't matter whether the powerhead or heater is small or large with respect to wattage, bottom line is, they are fed by a 120 volt AC 15 amp circuit breaker & if something goes wrong, that's the potential shock hazard.

Mike, depending on how easy access you have to your plumbing and if you have a controller on your aquarium, you could run a small coil of PEX into your sump and plumb in a home hot water line using a recirc pump.
A guy over on RC did this successfully.