CA2OR Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I was doing a top off when something just dawned on me.....when I set up this tank Patrick and I put one of my hose clamps on the part where the hose connects to the return pump....then after a few minutes we thought about putting the return internal on this tank....so we did.....well as I was doing my top off I looked at my return pump and saw the clamp and realized "I have metal in my tank...and it looks like it is rusting". So I immediatly started to panic, turned off my pump and went to work. After an hour of frusteration, see my pump was very difficult to get into that chamber, I finally got the clamp out. I haven't noticed any issues with my zoa's. My Duncan's were a little smaller then they were the day before but I was also moving stuff in my tank. Outside of that I did notice my milli wasn't doing super well and one of my small monti caps was a little white. Question now is do I need to do water changes? Is there anything else I need to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCityAquarium Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Heavy metal remover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: What to do if you have metal in your tank\sump? Heavy metal remover like what? Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 those special filters for one. like the ones you were using before that will change color based on what is in the water maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: What to do if you have metal in your tank\sump? those special filters for one. like the ones you were using before that will change color based on what is in the water maybe? oh right....polyfiber....now where did i find that? Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Poly Filter Good stuff, that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Nice link thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new school Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 some metals wont effect your aquarium at all. this might make you feel better, in the old school days we used the auto radiator hose clamps, metal ones. in sumps, on hose returns, then we went to the plastic ones that just click together. run some carbon, poly filter like andy suggested, or even some chemi pure. if the poly turns real black then you know it was pretty toxic, but rust is everywhere on reefs, only toxic when it reaches a certain point. if your tank has been fine thus far then dont stress. listen to some heavy metal and bang your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 some metals wont effect your aquarium at all. this might make you feel better' date=' in the old school days we used the auto radiator hose clamps, metal ones. in sumps, on hose returns, then we went to the plastic ones that just click together. run some carbon, poly filter like andy suggested, or even some chemi pure. if the poly turns real black then you know it was pretty toxic, but rust is everywhere on reefs, only toxic when it reaches a certain point. if your tank has been fine thus far then dont stress. listen to some heavy metal and bang your head.[/quote'] Post of the day!(clap) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Re: What to do if you have metal in your tank\sump? i am going to do a 25 percent water change today just in case and order the filter pads. i am also going to replace my carbon and purigen Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 i am going to do a 25 percent water change today just in case and order the filter pads. i am also going to replace my carbon and purigen Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk 25% WC is overkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: What to do if you have metal in your tank\sump? i am going to do a 25 percent water change today just in case and order the filter pads. i am also going to replace my carbon and purigen Sent 25% WC is overkill you think so? i have a couple pics of the clamp....only about a quarter of it was rusty what do you think i should do? Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 just run some poly or chemi pure and do your next wc as normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef165 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Most of the mettal hose clamps are stainless so it aint that bad. Just do your water change on a regular bassis. But really as stated earlyer, if it aint broke dont fix it. You have removed the potential hazard, do a small water change and spend the $ on a frag insted of filter media that ya dont need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: What to do if you have metal in your tank\sump? Most of the mettal hose clamps are stainless so it aint that bad. Just do your water change on a regular bassis. But really as stated earlyer, if it aint broke dont fix it. You have removed the potential hazard, do a small water change and spend the $ on a frag insted of filter media that ya dont need. you migjt ne right..i will post the pic shortly Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Here are the pic's of the clamp. Sorry for the delay but Photobucket was performing maintenance last night and I couldn't upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: What to do if you have metal in your tank\sump? so based off the pics what do you guys think? Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new school Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 dont sweat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Re: What to do if you have metal in your tank\sump? cool thanks for the help Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Looks like no biggie to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I think you need a new clamp. If I had one more picture, I could be sure. (devil) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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