Rust

jackson6745 · 02-01-2006, 02:03 AM

Shaun, Dave, and whoever else may know.....What is the difference between the rust we use to lower phosphates and the rust found inside mags, rios, and other pumps that kill your tank?
I actually think I'm going through this rust issue again, only with a tunze osmalator pump

Need Input!!!

**ShaunW** · 02-01-2006, 03:06 AM

Rich, I just got home, and am in no state to answer such a question. Tomorrow I will give you a detailed description. However, as a preview, it comes down to the different forms of iron, i.e. ferrious and ferric. One is toxic to living things and one isn't. The phosphate binding iron compound is iron in the non-toxic state, while metal that rusts and releases iron into your tank water is iron in the toxic state.

jackson6745 · 02-01-2006, 03:07 AM

Get some rest buddy

You can confuse me tomorrow

**ShaunW** · 02-01-2006, 03:09 AM

BTW, get the pump out of your tank ASAP! What are you waiting for if you even suspect it is rusting out in your tank.

We missed you tonight, sorry you couldn't make it.

jackson6745 · 02-01-2006, 03:11 AM

Yes...good point. Pulling it out now

jackson6745 · 02-01-2006, 03:35 AM

Damn Damn Damn.....there is some smelly residue inside the impellar..smells like burnt rubber

NYPDFrogman · 02-01-2006, 09:33 AM

Pics!!! you have no luck with submersible pumps.
I had a mag 5 in my smaler reef for years and the screws never turned

**jhale** · 02-01-2006, 09:36 AM

more rusty pumps?

let us know what happened.

spykes · 02-01-2006, 10:01 AM

hey is the tunze osmolator? steve has a very expensive pump and really reliable ones that big company uses as well, and that thing rusted badly. IM starting to think most of these pumps are really saltwater pumps =/

herman · 02-01-2006, 10:36 AM

The global pump conspiracy!!!

02-01-2006, 09:33 AM	#7
NYPDFrogman cranky old........ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vernon, NJ Posts: 1,533 Reefer Ratings: (12) Friends: (7)	Pics!!! you have no luck with submersible pumps. I had a mag 5 in my smaler reef for years and the screws never turned __________________ *FRANK* please visit www.finestsportsnj.com view my 450 tank thread here http://www.castawayreefers.com/showthread.php?t=622

02-01-2006, 09:36 AM	#8
jhale paper bags are fun! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: G.V NYC Posts: 15,167 Reefer Ratings: (43) Friends: (32)	more rusty pumps? let us know what happened. __________________ FS: Aquamedic dosing pump, MH250 ballast, wavemaker

02-01-2006, 10:01 AM	#9
spykes Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,821 Reefer Ratings: (19) Friends: (0)	hey is the tunze osmolator? steve has a very expensive pump and really reliable ones that big company uses as well, and that thing rusted badly. IM starting to think most of these pumps are really saltwater pumps =/ __________________ Understanding and reading is one of the best instrument we humans have, use it and become a higher being, ignorance is not bliss I grow my corals out of baking soda and icemelt =D

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02-01-2006, 03:06 AM	#2
ShaunW Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,662 Reefer Ratings: (37) Friends: (0)	Rich, I just got home, and am in no state to answer such a question. Tomorrow I will give you a detailed description. However, as a preview, it comes down to the different forms of iron, i.e. ferrious and ferric. One is toxic to living things and one isn't. The phosphate binding iron compound is iron in the non-toxic state, while metal that rusts and releases iron into your tank water is iron in the toxic state.

02-01-2006, 03:09 AM	#4
ShaunW Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,662 Reefer Ratings: (37) Friends: (0)	BTW, get the pump out of your tank ASAP! What are you waiting for if you even suspect it is rusting out in your tank. We missed you tonight, sorry you couldn't make it.