Enough rust to worry about?

[Fly5150]

After a bunch of mysterious death, I broke down my sps frag tank. I took about my fluval sp6 and found a few chunks of metal, as well as some rust on 2 of the screws. The magnet had a black coating that wiped off, not sure what it was. I plan on contacting fluval about the rust, but is they actually enough to cause any problems. 200 gal system.

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[BeanMachine]

It depends on what the metal that is rusting is but maybe not a problem.

Let us know what they say.

 

[Fly5150]

It depends on what the metal that is rusting is but maybe not a problem.

Let us know what they say.

It looks like the screws are stainless. This pump was only in for 4 months, my other sp6 has been in for 1.5 yrs. I have yet to check that one.


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[Justkeepswimming]

Check your copper levels if you have any water from the tank. I checked my copper after my tlf magnet rusted, it was at .10 and killed a ton of sps.

 

[Fly5150]

Check your copper levels if you have any water from the tank. I checked my copper after my tlf magnet rusted, it was at .10 and killed a ton of sps.

I checked it with lamotte copper test kit---0. Systems getting a vinegar bath, followed by the new live rock getting an acid bath.


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[lowbudget]

Check your copper levels if you have any water from the tank. I checked my copper after my tlf magnet rusted, it was at .10 and killed a ton of sps.

Yep...

 

[lowbudget]

It depends on what the metal that is rusting is but maybe not a problem.

Let us know what they say.

Yep...

 

[Smite]

Spooky. Better pop that other one open and see what's up.

 

[turbonut]

A lil rust isn't going to hurt anything. What do you think gfo is? Definately of a screw I wouldn't worry, now off of an corroded magnet maybe a different story.


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[Fly5150]

So both pumps looked ok. Both had some rust on the screws. The older pump actually had less rust in the screws...go figure. Now I need to tear into the jebao pump I have plumbed into my mixing station. Problem is, I don't think they're intended to be ran externally as they crack easy and leak. I have the whole pump sealed with Weldon to keep it from leaking. May just end up replacing it. Maybe another fluval sp6 on the mixing station, that way I have a backup for my frag tanks.


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[Justkeepswimming]

I have an ehiem 1262 you might be able to use in your mixing station... I would trade for corals of course