plastic leaching

  1. C

    EMERGENCY Safe container for mixing saltwater?

    Hey everyone, With my extensive research and extreme indecisiveness have I learned my lesson AGAIN when it comes to purchasing everything for a build (130$ in BRS return fees lol). I know it’s embarrassing since I’ve had a BRUTE food grade containers for this (that now has gardening tools in it...
  2. psumms

    Reef Safe 3D Printer Filament (Ultimaker Material list attached)

    Hi all, my son has a 3D printer and a couple of ideas for aquarium related products - One of which is in-water. Does anyone have any reef-safe 3D printing knowledge? I've attached a filament list of the Ultimaker compatible materials, from reading through, the CPE/PET, being FDA food safe would...
  3. psumms

    Is TPR (thermoplastic rubber) Reef safe?

    Trying to find is TPR (thermoplastic rubber) is safe for use in my sump. I have four TPR rubber anti-vibration feet that I'm looking to use under a skimmer. I guess the proof would be is TPR food safe - but can't find a solid Google answer! Anyone know? My concern is plastic leaching.
  4. Plastic for the Reef Aquarium, Part 3

    Intermediate Topic Plastic for the Reef Aquarium, Part 3

    So, let's continue on with our discussion of plastics for the reef aquarium, Part 3. Moving along down our list in the table, the next ones are the polyethylenes. Table courtesy of @Seawitch, ©2019, All Rights Reserved. PE: polyethylene PET: polyethylene terephthalate PEX: cross-linked...
  5. Plastic for the Reef Aquarium, Part 1

    Intermediate Topic Plastic for the Reef Aquarium, Part 1

    Introduction At the beginning of January, 2019, I wrote an article about glass. Shortly after that, I was asked to write an article about plastic. This is the result. The article below is organized in a similar way as the glass article. Plastic is of interest to reef aquarists because we use...
  6. Joe Batt

    Reef problem

    I have been having major problems with my tank for a while and basically, it is slowly crashing, though all parameters are stable and within normal limits and Triton test shows the same. Trying to figure out whats going on and one thing that's come to mind is that it has possibly been since I...
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