Help: rusty metal

dave.brandon7 · January 17th, 2010

hello I've just been in my sump and there was a piece of pipe in there which has corroded qute bad in the saltwater. I think it is steel due to the red rust colour as a pose to blue copper. it will have been in the sump for about a week. I'm not sure what effects this will have on my fish and live rock. does anybody know what to do to protect the fish and LR, i have some water conditioner that says it nuetralzes heavy metals will this help? thanks

dave.brandon7 · January 17th, 2010

any ideas anyone?

Lord of Tetras · January 17th, 2010

hey dave, I've never owned a saltwater tank before if there is a difference in how metal effects them. But I've read about metal poisoning befor. Heres a great link http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Metal_Poisoning Good luck.

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