Brass fittings
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Topic: Brass fittings
Posted By: e.fishman.com
Subject: Brass fittings
Date Posted: April 25 2009 at 3:04pm
| Will brass fittings affect the chemistry of my tank? |
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 25 2009 at 3:31pm
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Yes, it will affect it negatively. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
Mike -------------  |
Posted By: Sculpin
Date Posted: April 25 2009 at 9:42pm
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Brass will leach coper into your system and unless you have a fish only tank and only plan on having a fish only tank I would look for a plastic counterpart. Check with http://www.mcmaster.com/ - http://www.mcmaster.com/ , they usually have a every fitting known to man. What kind of part are you looking for? Sculpin
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Posted By: chk4tix
Date Posted: April 25 2009 at 10:13pm
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Brass is bad. From my personal experience, I had a float valve that was used with my auto topoff. For the longest time I couldn't figure out why my corals never seemed to "take-off". Then I happened upon a posting on another forum stating about the same problem I was having and they were advised to remove their brass fitting asap. I did the same. It was only a matter of weeks before my corals started looking great and I could tell a that there was a major improvement in my tanks health. I only wish I would have changed that valve out sooner.
------------- Original Crappy Reef Club Member #2 |
Posted By: e.fishman.com
Date Posted: April 25 2009 at 10:24pm
| Thanks for the info guys, I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what has been going on with my tank. Then i remembered that I had used a brass barb fitting that I had planed to change when i found its plastic counterpart but forgot about it. I also used some quick set epoxy to put together my sump and I think it may be bad also. |