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Offlinebongtoke
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my heater growing barnicles!!
    #5316374 - 02/19/06 12:39 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Guys i took my submeraable heater out to clean it off of algy and it had really rocklike barnicles about a half inch thick allover it..is this bad?and how can i get them off?with a knife?


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: bongtoke]
    #5316388 - 02/19/06 12:44 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

sounds like a mineral deposit.  You need to change your TiT water more often man :wink: .  Do your best to clean off the deposits, clean out the tub (id scrub it down with some bleach), and you should be ok.


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: coda]
    #5316405 - 02/19/06 12:49 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

ohh...i c..is this bad..?will it cause contams?i never clean the water cause its in a fishtank and all i do is add water as it evaporates..


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: coda]
    #5316410 - 02/19/06 12:50 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

yes it does sound like mineral deposits.

I get them too.

I just scrub them off.


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: bongtoke]
    #5316412 - 02/19/06 12:51 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Nah, its not "bad", it just creates a little bit of extra work for you and it could impede the performance of your heater.


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: bongtoke]
    #5316416 - 02/19/06 12:53 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

yea i noticed that....i took a knife and scraped them off..if you scrape them from the edges it comes off as pieces and it actually preserves the glass on the heater and makes it cleam..from algae :smile:


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: bongtoke]
    #5316432 - 02/19/06 01:01 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Since there are no fresh water barnacles, and no way for this crustacean to get onto your heater, I would have to guess that you have calcified hard water deposits. Even so, it is hard to imagine a half inch build up, with only stagnant water. You are kidding, right?

{edit: Nevermind, I must remember to refresh an internet page occasionally, didn't see all the above posts.}


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: bongtoke]
    #5316436 - 02/19/06 01:04 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I add a 1/8-1/4 cup of CLR or Easy-Off BAM to my water, and all of the minerals precipitate and fall to the bottom of my tub. It also helps to prevent contams.


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: Premedman1]
    #5316445 - 02/19/06 01:11 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Alge? Hmm now I do not mean to be rude but did it ever occure to you that alge needs light. Nothing a thick towel thrown over ur tit and cover the edges cant fix.... I am supprised that no one has posted this simple idea.

Also tape up the fish tank. No light= no alge


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: mikeownow]
    #5317421 - 02/19/06 06:53 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

does it occur to you that iam using a cishtank with ducktape around it???and the even most slight light cant make algae,even when i open the incubator to check the jars,justy from that it can occur


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Re: my heater growing barnicles!! [Re: bongtoke]
    #5317549 - 02/19/06 07:31 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Barnicles 'eh?


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