AcroporAddict
10/05/2014, 08:46 PM
I just wanted to post about finding some corrosion on the supposedly watertight SeaSide Aquatics brand magnetic probe holders I was using in the sump of my 465 gallon tank. A probe holder is something I don't think a lot about once it is in place, and I pulled it off the other day during some maintenance and noticed some corrosion on the magnet surface through the acrylic cover.
The stuff is white, not rust colored, and looks like the powdery stuff you might see on a car battery terminal. Either way, not something I want in my tank any longer.
Just a heads up to anyone using this brand. I think SeaSide Aquatics is a subsidiary brand of eShoppes.
Here are the pics. The shiny, silvery part of the magnet is normal. The dull gray areas visible in the pics is the whitish, powdery looking corrosion.
Corroding magnet that holds the probe holder side in place:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5805_zpsa78aec60.jpg
A second SeaSide Aquatics probe holder I pulled that is starting to corrode:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5808_zps47cf6ae6.jpg
The corroding probe holder side with the actual probe holder part broken off by me:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5807_zps3133a33a.jpg
The broken off probe holder part Dremeled by me and MacGyvered onto a piece of lexan to hang in the sump, attached with Weldon16. Tried to salvage something of my $36 purchase.
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5809_zpsa101f396.jpg
And in use in my now magnet and corrosion free sump:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5810_zpsf6c2a3aa.jpg
The stuff is white, not rust colored, and looks like the powdery stuff you might see on a car battery terminal. Either way, not something I want in my tank any longer.
Just a heads up to anyone using this brand. I think SeaSide Aquatics is a subsidiary brand of eShoppes.
Here are the pics. The shiny, silvery part of the magnet is normal. The dull gray areas visible in the pics is the whitish, powdery looking corrosion.
Corroding magnet that holds the probe holder side in place:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5805_zpsa78aec60.jpg
A second SeaSide Aquatics probe holder I pulled that is starting to corrode:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5808_zps47cf6ae6.jpg
The corroding probe holder side with the actual probe holder part broken off by me:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5807_zps3133a33a.jpg
The broken off probe holder part Dremeled by me and MacGyvered onto a piece of lexan to hang in the sump, attached with Weldon16. Tried to salvage something of my $36 purchase.
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5809_zpsa101f396.jpg
And in use in my now magnet and corrosion free sump:
http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o729/acroporaddict/CIMG5810_zpsf6c2a3aa.jpg