Urgent! Need grounding probe!

[AlfaRomeo]

Hi Guys, need a grounding probe for my tank urgently! Pls contact me at 97432685 if you have a psare one for sale. Thanks

[roidan]

er...wat happened?

maybe u can wait till tomorrow...then get one?

[AlfaRomeo]

I think got a bit of leakage in my tank... when my fingertips are just touching the water, can feel a bit of current... Cannot wiat till tomorrow cos i am flying off for the whole week. sob sob...

[riot]

Can anyone help Alfa? I suggested tying a wire to a fork and dipping the prongs in the water, the other end grounded. Will this work for a few days?

Alternatively, can the tank survive for a few days with this zap?

Help the bro, dudes.

[JustinK]

If you cant find it in time, maybe you can try making it. Dug up the link below from some time back, hope it can at least help abit. Get it sorted out soon, last time there was a leak in my tank, lost 3 fishes in a week.

http://www.netpets.com/fish/reference/reefref/grounding.html

[nim75sg]

A quick temp fix is to attach one end of a piece of electrical wire to the "earth" or "ground" pin of a 3-pin plug and plug it to wall socket or a 3-pin power extension socket.

Submerge the other end of the wire into the tank or sump and just ensure that it stays submerged in the water.

This is ONLY a temporary fix ...

[Hon]

Actually leaky current in the tank will not zap the fish, becoz they aren't grounded. It's only harmful to human being as your feet is grounded to the floor, once in contact with the water, its become a close circuit... Free hair perm also

[flubberina13]

Yup...when I used to have leaking current in my tank, none of the fish is affected, just that I dun like the sensation of getting 'shocked'...

Made my hair so curly... Now I have straight long hair...not negro-style...

Matter was solved when i bought a titanium grounding prode for $28.00.

[AlfaRomeo]

Flub, thanks for the call. really appreciate it lots.. Will definately buy the coralife probe once I get back.

in the meantime, have DIYed a grounding probe - connected a piece of wire to the ground pin on a 3-pin plug and dip the exposed copper into the tank.. hope the copper will not leech into the tank within 1 week.. or only super small amounts that can be resolved with water changes or polyfilter.. hope the bloody ICH dies as a side-effect too!

[ryz]

but like that only solve the symptoms leh. dun solve the root of the problem... find out whats leaking and dump it lah. or fix the leakage,

[ben]

Alfa, best dont use any copper to do this. It will leak copper in time after mix in water.

A reefer advised u to use a fork, so thats a better solution. Or else find out whats the cause immediately and if ok, shut that problem thing down.

BTW 1 week is ok, wont kill anything. I had this problem with one of my small tank which uses fan. 2 weeks and all corals + fishes still healthy. Saltwater are very bad in transferring electricity so its not as harmful as freshwater. Furthermore, the things in the tank are not grounded so what to worry about?

PS: stainless steel forks are better corrosion resistant so they wont leak metals as fast as wires.

If this tank has no LR or corals, then wires are OK. Hopes this is a quarantine tank as its easier to deal with.

[FuEl]

Stray voltage does affect fish behavior and possibly health. There was a discussion awhile ago on RC. Cases of dying fishes were not uncommon.

[ben]

Stray voltage does affect fish behavior and possibly health. There was a discussion awhile ago on RC. Cases of dying fishes were not uncommon. 

can be agreed too after certain time of thinking. Well, ions changed in the water will affect the behaviour. But previously all my fish still eats like pigs, LOL. Maybe they are very stable. I think if the fishes are not stable yet, they will die off, after extra stresses are forced in.

BTW Bro Fuel, anywhere u can direct this discussion to us? THX in advance.

I have seen but forgotten where.

[FuEl]

On the request of ben..I have managed to dig up the discussion on RC...here it is.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...t=stray+voltage