i may have done something bad....

[peckhead]

ok so i have egg crate on the top of my 90g with 760w mh's. rightnow there is nothing in th tank, just fish and sand becasue i was doing hypo in my dt. i had 2 metal wrenches on top of the egg crate in the corner where the over flow is, i looked at the wrenches tody and the oneis kinda rusty now. could this have harmed my tank? it is not really over the water since it is over the overfow in the corner and the water is about 1foot lower in the overflow.
i also have a bad aglea/diatom/idk possibly red slime out break...
i have recently upgraded to mh's and jsut had a compact flor. light before. is this why i have the algea? it is think layers on the sand, when i touch it is it sorta solid layer.
thanks for any help..

 

[peckhead]

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[peckhead]

there is some rust on he egg crate, just a tiny bit. thats why i am concerned.
and also, about the algea, i moved my power heads closer to the sand and blew the algea off the sand...is this going to make it spread worse?

 

[gustavo]

I wouldn't worry about the rust, just keep the tools out and clean up what ever residue is left behind. Allot of pumps used in the hobby have parts that will rust over time and will need to be replaced. Rusty parts in contact with the water are just a part ot the hobby. Don't know what effect it would have really but I would worry over such minimal contact.
The alage your talking about it a good sign, it means the tank can support growing it. The MHs will def make a diff. The stuff your talking about grows in low flow places so just means you need to work on getting more flow in the tank.. Nassurius(sp?) snails do an excelent job of cleaning diatom algae up btw.

 

[peckhead]

sweet. thanks for makin me feel better. i def need a clean up crew now that my trigger is at the lfs and im switching to reef. i dont think my sfe will bother anything because before i was doing hypo he didnt touch any shrimp or anything...

 

[crt81]

Question?
-What are you talking about when you say "hypo in you dt"? I'm new to this and I don't know all the terms of SW yet!

 

[crt81]

anyone?

 

[vpotts28]

Originally Posted by crt81
anyone?
Hyposalinity. It is a process in which you slowly lower the salinity of water in order to clear your fish of unwanted parasasites, especially Ich. Do a search, tons of information on here about the process.