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May 9th, 2006, 10:22 PM
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Rust?
I was talking with my mom the other day and her and my sister both said rust is good for a reef tank. They have both had reef tanks for 8 -10 years now, but I just can't see how it would be good. Does anyone think rust is a good thing?
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 55 Gallon Reef, Live Rock, 3 Anemones, Feather Duster, 2 Clownfish, 1 Yellow Clown Goby, Cleaners Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: Started saltwater 6mo. ago. I have breed guppies and others freashwater fish for over 10 years. Other Intrests: My family, and our pets (my TANK), crafts, wood carving and compters. 
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May 10th, 2006, 03:40 AM
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I'm not an expert on rust, but I have heard people blamming tank crashes on a rusty screw in a mag pump.
On the other side rust is usually just iron oxide, which is a compination of only two things Iron and Oxygen Fe2O3, I think chemistry was almost 5 years ago. Getting kinda rusty.. haha ok that was lame. If thats the case I don't see how it could be bad and infact could be potentially benefical. Kent even makes an iron supplement for growing macro algeas etc... http://store.yahoo.com/marinedepot/k...nt-marine.html This is just my opinion and I would by no means go put a handful of rusty nails in my tank, but if I found a rusty screw on a pump I wouldn't spaz out. I'm interested in others thoughts on this topic. Brandon Current Aquarium(s) Description: 92 Gallon Corner, 77 degrees, 800 watts, MR-2R Skimmer, MRC Nilsen, Tunze Stream, Aqua Cont Jr. Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 6 years
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