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ocikitty
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Last week my regal tang began acting very nervous and was swimming into the walls and doing a lot of hiding. It looked as though maybe there were some bumps on her lateral line. So after doing some reading about HLLE i decided to test the water for stray voltage. My husband has a volt meter so when he got home we tested it and there were 48 volts of electricity in the tank.:scared: We put a copper wire in the tank as a ground and the voltage went down to 0. After a couple of hours I thought OH NO copper in my tank and took it out immediately. Next day I bought a titanium ground wire. With the ground wires in my tang was so much calmer almost immediately.
I checked my heater and it attributes for about 9 v., the powerheads 9 v., and lighting maybe 1 v. So where is all the remaining voltage coming from? Does it build on itself or is there some type of multiplying of voltage going on? I can't explain it can anyone?
Also my advice to anyone is to put a grounding wire in from the get go. The one I bought was only $17. Well worth it for the health and happiness of the fish as well as the safety of yourself sticking your hand in a tank with stray voltage.
The end of Oct. I began losing fish (8 out of 11) over a couple of weeks. Ich, bacterial infection?? Now wondering if the stray voltage did not have something to do with them being stressed and getting sick.
I checked my heater and it attributes for about 9 v., the powerheads 9 v., and lighting maybe 1 v. So where is all the remaining voltage coming from? Does it build on itself or is there some type of multiplying of voltage going on? I can't explain it can anyone?
Also my advice to anyone is to put a grounding wire in from the get go. The one I bought was only $17. Well worth it for the health and happiness of the fish as well as the safety of yourself sticking your hand in a tank with stray voltage.
The end of Oct. I began losing fish (8 out of 11) over a couple of weeks. Ich, bacterial infection?? Now wondering if the stray voltage did not have something to do with them being stressed and getting sick.
