Styrofoam in tank.

[cartman101]

My return pump is noisy so I placed a piece of styrofoam underneith the pump and it solve the noise problem. Here's my question, is styrofoam going to harm anything in my tank?

 

[cain420]

i imagine there are extensive chemicals used to create styrofoam... it floats, but the chemicals may enter the water.. not too sure. better to be safe then sorry, imo
try a prefilter pad instead...

 

[cartman101]

ok well I took it out and layed it on a piece of eggcrate.

 

[adamc1303]

The prefilter pads work very well.

 

[divetroop]

Styrofoam is virtually indestructible, unless you burn it. As far as leaching chemicals into the water I think it is highly unlikely. If it stops the noise I'd use it.
This link is about foam (No fish sales are mention on this link

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,187105,00.html