Is XPS (Polystyrene) Reef safe ?

piranhaman00

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
4,897
Reaction score
4,858
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Hello,

Is floating a piece of XPS board ie foamular pink insulation board reef safe? Want to use it to float and hold dosing line.
 
OP
OP
piranhaman00

piranhaman00

2500 Club Member
View Badges
Joined
Jun 24, 2019
Messages
4,897
Reaction score
4,858
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Polystyrene itself is fine. Assuming a formulator did not put something unusual into it, then it will be fine with a soap and water wash followed by plenty of rinsing.

Any Rec for a safe material to float dosing line?
 

Randy Holmes-Farley

Reef Chemist
View Badges
Joined
Sep 5, 2014
Messages
67,535
Reaction score
63,986
Location
Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
Any Rec for a safe material to float dosing line?

Most plastics are reef safe, assuming they are not going to dissolve like some of the newer materials designed to be compostable. It’s the extra ingredients that might be put into them that we really have no window into.
 

Looking back to your reefing roots: Did you start with Instant Ocean salt?

  • I started with Instant Ocean salt.

    Votes: 172 72.6%
  • I did not start with Instant Ocean salt, but I have used it at some point.

    Votes: 17 7.2%
  • I did not start with Instant Ocean salt and have not used it.

    Votes: 42 17.7%
  • Other.

    Votes: 6 2.5%
Back
Top