[pecan2phat]

I hear ya Russ.

I've read over the years, a number of those argument/articles.

I personally use ground probes in all my tanks also

[bad coffee]

My thoughts on the "completeing the circuit"

Every live body creates electrical current. However how small, there's still current through your body. Since the circut is naturally completed in your body, you have both + and - poles (simplified)

Adding current to the water, you're going to feel it. Even if it's just a tiny bit, you'll 'ground' teh current. Same goes for your inhabatants. However small they are, they're 'gounding out' the stray current.

WHen you put a probe in your tank, the current will take the path of least restance- straight through the salt water. Going through a body of an animal is extra resistance that current won't natrually follow. So I use agrounding probe.

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