What is the definition of a tank crash?

Wayne · #1 03-08-2011, 03:31 AM

There is electricity in my tank. I am getting 42V in the system total. I found 20V just in one pump, so its out of the tank now. The other voltage is from ATO, Return Pump, power heads... about 2V per.

How much is too much?

Wayne · #2 03-09-2011, 07:25 PM

Bump anyone?

MitchM · #3 03-09-2011, 07:33 PM

Hard to say. I don't know of any studies done testing that.
ANY amount is too much, in my opinion.

Have you put that grounding probe in there yet?

Wayne · #4 03-09-2011, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MitchM

Hard to say. I don't know of any studies done testing that.
ANY amount is too much, in my opinion.

Have you put that grounding probe in there yet?

What type of grounding probe material would you use? Aluminum?

MitchM · #5 03-09-2011, 07:38 PM

I believe the ones that the LFS sells have a titanium probe end which is attached to a wire that you attach with a screw to a nearby grounded electrical outlet.
Aluminum may just oxidize over and become useless. I don't know.

Wayne · #6 03-11-2011, 10:26 PM

A good and bad news update:

The zoas that I pulled out are starting to open

very slowly

But my frogspawn had some brown jelly on him today, I blew him off with the power head and moved him into another tank and I will hope for the best but am not optimistic.

Wayne · #7 03-14-2011, 03:03 AM

New updates: Frogspawn and large umbrella toadstool dead (were moved to another tank), stray voltage probe installed and now zero voltage in the tank

The toadstools, rics, mushrooms, candy cane, and GSP are still going good but always were.

I am planning on regular water changes for the new 2 months and then I will try putting corals back into the tank....

DiverDude · #8 03-09-2011, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayne

What type of grounding probe material would you use? Aluminum?

Grounding probes are usually Titanium.

Wayne · #9 03-09-2011, 09:25 PM

Ah ha I found one from JL: http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...oduct_ID=mc-gp

I will look around for one locally, if anyone from Etown knows where to get them...

One more question my cabbage coral has not shed his skin in a few weeks now... He has some brownish algea growing on his edges and I blew it off and I think I blew into his flesh... Should I try to frag the healthier sections or just toss him?

Wayne · #10 03-10-2011, 09:44 PM

Never mind I went home last night and the cabbage was not doing well so I peeled it off the rock and did a 10% water change.

From all the stuff that has died or I moved its a pretty bare tank... I might need to move this into the FOWLR section