Crust in the lid of my tank

ganjero

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• Jul 25, 2005

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WHat is it? and how can I avoid getting that white salt looking crust on the lid of my aquarium?

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id10t

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Its the leavings from water evaporation - all those trace elements/minerals, etc.

 

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• Jul 25, 2005

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Vinegar should take it right off. Just don't clean it over the tank.

 

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Kasakato

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• Jul 25, 2005

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First try water and a toothbrush. Normaly I can just get it off with that.

 

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Jericho

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Sounds like you have hard water with a lot of minerals.

 

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Joele

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High GH???

 

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Kasakato

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High GH? As in the test result?

 

ganjero

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Kasakato said:

High GH? As in the test result?

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I better get a kit to test that, because my kit has ph,amonia,nitrates,nitrites.

 

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Kasakato

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It should me OK. KH and GH are two more extra tests. In short: KH tells you how stable the pH is, and GH tells you how many meganisms and calcium ions there are.

Just clean off the white stuff, and wait untill next time.

 

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Joele

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• Jul 26, 2005

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Most hardness test kits have both kh ang gh together.. Personally I like keeping an eye on the KH and maintaining it as if that is right your PH should be nice and stable...

I asked if the GH was high simply as it can cause the problem described, not a huge issue though, just clean it as others said (GH is very low in tap water here, but I guess that can be very different elsewhere)..

 

Last edited: Jul 26, 2005