Refugium Under Water Light

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  1. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    So i have been using these lights to light my refugium for about two months now.[​IMG]
    I have just been trying to grow cheato. I was doing some maintenance today and discovered that the light was corroding.
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    This obviously cant be good in the system. Anyone have any pointers on what i should do? I have removed the light from my system.
    Would this have an affect on corals, cuz my montipora digitata has completely turned white now? Do i need to do anything to my tank because of this?
    Help:cry:
     
    crustytheclown, Aug 23, 2010
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  2. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    I have heard rust is very bad for the tank, but thats just what I heard.
     
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  3. crustytheclown

    crustytheclown Eyelash Blennie

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    what do you think the green stuff is that is collecting around the light?
     
    crustytheclown, Aug 25, 2010
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  4. doreen

    doreen Plankton

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    the light doesn't look good.
    Is that condensation on the inside of the light or just water still on it? Is it rated for salt water?
     
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  5. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    That is the corrosion. Green is normally the color corroded copper turns. Do you have a reef tank?
     
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  6. Telgar

    Telgar Snowflake Eel

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    Rust is not the problem, what do you think GFO is that we put in our reactors... basically Granulated ferrous Oxide (rust)
    The green stuff on the other hand appears to be Copper, not good for your reef at all!

    Why use an underwater light at all? It's just one more potential point of failure that totally unnecessary.
     
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  7. FaceOfDeceit

    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    What company would manufacture an underwater light constructed out of Copper? Terrible.
     
    FaceOfDeceit, Aug 25, 2010
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  8. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    Ummm...it is not an aquarium light. It can easily be a Cu coating, or the coating on the Cu came off.
     
    xmetalfan99, Aug 25, 2010
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  9. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    YEah, alot of decorative underwater lights are for freshwater not saltwater.
     
    ingtar_shinowa, Aug 25, 2010
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  10. marlinman

    marlinman Zoanthid

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    Dump that light. Simply go to Home Depot and for less than $20 you can get a clip on light and a plant flood bulb.;)
     
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