For the first time ever i had water dripping off my lights. There is salt creep, everywhere, and it has never been this way. while there was always salt creep because everything is HOB, it was never this bad. There was liquid dripping from the light. It even fried one of the moon lights…
Am i doing something wrong, or is this normal… i cant wait for xmas and my new t-5’s to be hanged above the tank and no more HOB stuff…
so is there anything i can do to limit the amount of water…
lessen bubbling, reduce flow in the top of the water. other than that pray for an early santa visit
Haha,
ill try that… im hoping he will come sooner, but either way the lights wont be put on until the tank moves so basically i need to get everything set up ASAP
pics?
umm, of what… i cleared the water off…
1st - check your temperature
2nd - you won’t have salt creep where there is still water. The salt creep doesn’t show up until the water evaporates.
3rd - you may want to consider running a small fan across the top of the tank (bottom of lights) to quickly evap off and water that accumulates
4th - check to make sure nothing has repositioned a power head to point too much towards the surface
5th - turn off the air stone
6th - please don’t tell me you actually have an air stone lOl
Just some things to think about.
how far is the light off the water? i run a hob filter and if i keep topped off i get very little salt creep.
I’m sure atmospheric pressure and relative humidity play a big factor as well. Different atmospheric conditions in your house can lead to different levels of evaporation and what not.
No AIRSTONES, i run 2 air pumps to supply my 4 airstones, why no air stones?
I keep it relatively topped off
3" from top of tank
btw kidding about airstones
so the scuba diver and treasure chest is not a good idea? lOl
glenn, the scuba diver and treasure chest is fine, but only if it’s the one that has the pirate’s skull inside the chest and it lights up.
salt is hydrophylic. what splashes onto the lights, will pull humidity out of the tank air and it can condense and drip. Just like when i left a bag of calcium chloride pellets open out in the garage. it collects water until it turns to fluid and runs out holes in the bag. all over the floor. Boat stores sell cartons of calcium chloride salt as a desecant to dehumidify boat cabins during winter storage. in the spring we get a carton full of slurpy salt water to toss out.