Rust Question

[thunderdood]

Does anyone know if rust in the aquarium has any impact? I just moved my tank over the weekend and found that one of the magnets on the inside of the frag rack came right off and was rusted.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

It could, depending on what metals are being released. I'd remove the magnet. if corals seem fine, I wouldn't do anything. If they are suffering, I'd use one of the metal binding products (metasorb, polyfilter, etc.).

 

[thunderdood]

Yeah, the frag rack and magnets are definitely not going back in the tank. So far the corals are fine.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Most of rust is iron oxide and isn't a concern. Other metals can be, but if nothing is apparently suffering, I wouldn't worry.