How To Prevent Nipping

[Liquid360]

Magma and uranium?! your tank must be spectacular!!!!! Too bad you'll never be able to get within a mile of it. Do fish and coral fluoresce under extreme radiation?

 

[SeymourDuncan]

Yes but only when the lights are off. They absorb the light like a solar cell in the day time. To counter the uranial side effects, just squirt lemon juice up your nose. At this point that's the best thing you can do regardless

 

[mcarroll]

FYI there is not a single steel that will not corrode in a salt water environment. Some will corrode less than others, but they will all corrode. The chemical makeup of the stainless used in those screws may be deemed as not harmful in a certain sized tank, but they will corrode.

I understand there are several grades, the wiki link I posted for your reading enjoyment gives a nice simple breakdown of each grade if you'd like to learn more.

True, but...

The point is only that some SS is safe within our context. You aren't likely to see it much, so I doubt it's worth worrying about - just stick with the general recommendation to use plastic clamps and plumbing vs metal (which nobody has said otherwise...chicken wire comments aside) and you are pretty much safe.

Also FWIW...the "stainless" pipe clamps you might see at a hardware store are barely resistant to humidity, let alone direct saltwater exposure. By comparison, there is no visible sign of pitting or hairline corrosion, etc even on my oldest Mag pump's screws. (~13yrs) Eventually? Maybe...but it appears no time soon.

-Matt

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Most entertaining thread I have read yet. LOL!

 

[SeymourDuncan]

Mcarrol must not be dosing uranium I his pump still works haha! Very good points, stainless steel can be safe. I have a few metal clamps, but I found that my fan blowing near them keeps the humidity to a minimum. Plastic clamps are a thing of the Internet. We don't have local anything besides household plumbing an what not.

There's plastic fence out there. My garden is wrapped in it. Don't know what kind of plastic but it could work. What if you set up your rocks with a fence to keep big nippers out?

 

[Trex]

Lots of attitude in this thread.

Please, re-read what you are about to post, things will often come off differently on a screen than they would in real life.

Also, leave out the personal attacks.

 

[pickupman66]

wow, what a great read this morning....

 

[SeymourDuncan]

We had to take that exit or it was gonna be rough, thankfully there was a Starbucks

 

[Liquid360]

Lol ain't that the truth!

We had to take that exit or it was gonna be rough, thankfully there was a Starbucks

 

[Liquid360]

So you'd prefer we'd all post all friendly like? That we should check and double check prior to pressing the "send button"? Be more concerned about our tone... Post with less attitude?"
I'm guessing you'd prefer this board serve only its baseline purpose? To share our knowledge and experiences in the hobby and learn from others lessons and mistakes? Leave all personal issues, perceived or otherwise, on the sidelines and interact in the spirit of respect and friendship?

Lots of attitude in this thread.

Please, re-read what you are about to post, things will often come off differently on a screen than they would in real life.

Also, leave out the personal attacks.

I edited your last sentence -- sure you know why.

 

[evolved]

It seems all valuable contributions have ceased here, much like this thread now.

 

[cdness]

Lots of attitude in this thread.

Please, re-read what you are about to post, things will often come off differently on a screen than they would in real life.

Also, leave out the personal attacks.

Trex has a point everyone. One thing people tend to forget when texting, emailing, or typing on forums, tone of voice and sarcasm are very hard (if not impossible) to convey via written words. Many times a person's words can be taken the wrong way which in turn causes an escalating form of bickering which is nowhere near constructive or has any value what so ever. Reef 2 Reef is a family oriented community where reefers of all ages should be able to go to find and share information without the fear of written retaliation and attacks.

So you'd prefer we'd all post all friendly like? That we should check and double check prior to pressing the "send button"? Be more concerned about our tone... Post with less attitude?"
I'm guessing you'd prefer this board serve only its baseline purpose? To share our knowledge and experiences in the hobby and learn from others lessons and mistakes? Leave all personal issues, perceived or otherwise, on the sidelines and interact in the spirit of respect and friendship?
Below me.

If you want my honest answer to the questions posted... Yes I expect people to be "all friendly like" and keep in mind how their words can be taken on the forum. Attitude is OK to a point, but sarcasm and attitude can quickly turn to personal attacks which are not needed nor wanted. Personal issues should not be addressed within the threads of Reef2Reef and should be dealt with outside of the forum.

So let's see this thread go in a better direction from here. Let's just all be friends and get along.

 

[ritter6788]

use lead pipe

...in the Billiard Room, with Colonel Mustard, to this thread....