Whats up with my cleaner shrimp?

Coralgurl · #1 11-29-2011, 03:31 AM

Drink beer while making water....hmm, actually I like vodka, that's what I'm doing wrong

Nano · #2 11-29-2011, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Drink beer while making water....hmm, actually I like vodka, that's what I'm doing wrong

lol

Nano · #3 11-30-2011, 07:43 AM

So I was told I used my voltage meter incorrectly. So I put the positive in the ground of the plug outlet, and the negative in the tank. The needle moved, I will put a picture below, with a black line pointing to the exact location of where the needle landed. Now, I am a noob to all of this, so I don't know what it means lol, I just know the needle moved. any help on how to solve the problem, or what I did wrong or right is greatly appreciated!!

Nano · #4 11-30-2011, 07:47 AM

also do I even have this pointed to the right setting?

Blom · #5 11-30-2011, 04:52 PM

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/aqu...rayvoltage.htm

Nano · #6 11-30-2011, 09:40 PM

Thanks bud. Enlightened I have become. lol I did have it on the wrong setting, so I will retest tonight, and hopefully narrow down the root cause!

Reef Pilot · #7 12-02-2011, 02:17 AM

I have one of those multi meters, so thought I would test my tanks, just in case. And to my surprise, my refugium tank has stray voltage. The needle moved quite a bit.

Turns out it is my T8 light fixture sitting on top of my lexan tank cover. There is a bit of salt creep around the fixture, so will have to see what I need to do to fix the problem. Still surprised how that gets into the water. But when I shut it off, the stray voltage is gone, so that is definitely the source.

Thank goodness, my display tank and sump checked out OK. I have a lot of pumps and electrical devices in and around them.

Glad I read this thread, or never would have thought of checking.

Canreef rocks!