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tiberius
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Hello Reefers,
I have been still reading and reading. No wonder no one answered my posts. This subject has been burned up. I lost my first fish of 21 years 4 weeks ago. Since then I have lost 3 more. All were firefish. One I had for 6 years. I never noticed anything wrong with my goby before he went. But, with the firefish, all of them had bad fins before they went. I just read a post where the stray voltage in their tank caused their fish to have fin rot. I never thought they had fin rot just stressed from fighting each other. But, tomorrow or later today, I am having my neighbor put a GFI in. I ordered a titanium grounding rod and will put that in later this week. He will check for stray voltage. I also noticed my tang whipping around a bit like he was excited. I did pull the plug on the heater. But, I do have 4 powerheads that are still going. It will be a long day tomorrow before he gets here that is for sure.
I do have a meter but the posts state to put the red one in the tank and the other in the ground. I changed the outlet years ago to a 3 prong but I took the ground wire and wrapped it around the screw in the box. My neighbor said that the box might not be grounded so it is not right. Therefore, I don't want to stick the other wire in the ground figuring that might be the end of me!
I will find out the scoop tomorrow. To think, this all started because I almost had a fire!
I have been still reading and reading. No wonder no one answered my posts. This subject has been burned up. I lost my first fish of 21 years 4 weeks ago. Since then I have lost 3 more. All were firefish. One I had for 6 years. I never noticed anything wrong with my goby before he went. But, with the firefish, all of them had bad fins before they went. I just read a post where the stray voltage in their tank caused their fish to have fin rot. I never thought they had fin rot just stressed from fighting each other. But, tomorrow or later today, I am having my neighbor put a GFI in. I ordered a titanium grounding rod and will put that in later this week. He will check for stray voltage. I also noticed my tang whipping around a bit like he was excited. I did pull the plug on the heater. But, I do have 4 powerheads that are still going. It will be a long day tomorrow before he gets here that is for sure.
I do have a meter but the posts state to put the red one in the tank and the other in the ground. I changed the outlet years ago to a 3 prong but I took the ground wire and wrapped it around the screw in the box. My neighbor said that the box might not be grounded so it is not right. Therefore, I don't want to stick the other wire in the ground figuring that might be the end of me!
I will find out the scoop tomorrow. To think, this all started because I almost had a fire!
