stray voltage..

[christopherjay]

Does stray voltage affect corals?

 

[jennm]

Not typically, that I've noticed.

But your results may not be typical

Jenn

 

[christopherjay]

either way..finally found the problem..one of my heaters ..Might just spin out to your shop and look around

 

[oil_fan]

I haven't seen corals affect but I have seen inverts take a rather painful death. Be sure to put in a grounding probe to sap out any remainder current that's left behind. Keep in mind a SW tank can be turned into a battery...

 

[brianjfinn]

Oil_Fan;418752 wrote: I haven't seen corals affect but I have seen inverts take a rather painful death. Be sure to put in a grounding probe to sap out any remainder current that's left behind. Keep in mind a SW tank can be turned into a battery...

WTF? Can you please explain this?

 

[grouper therapy]

Finding the source and removal was the correct action to take.

 

[oil_fan]

Here's a basic way to create a SW battery:

http://www.miniscience.com/projects/airbattery/index.html">http://www.miniscience.com/projects/airbattery/index.html</a>

I can only explain by my experience. I had a low voltage lamp fall into my sump for probably 4-6 hours before I found it and removed it. The breaker nor the power strip never tripped. Over the next week or so, I lost every single invert in my tank. None of the fish were affected by it by the inverts sure were. Now keep in mind this was pure electricity being fed into the by something that wasn't designed to be water proof.

And no I didn't have a GFI outlet nor a grounding probe at the time (though I have both now).

 

[brianjfinn]

Thanks!! Very cool article!