When i got home yesterday from work i noticed the pump in my 210 g sw was not running properly and it was makin a noise so i stuck my hand in the sump to try and clean the intake and i got shocked! So i decided to unplug it and i got shocked again only much worse? eventually pulled breaker but wat the heck is up with this i let it cool down and i cleaned it out and since my lf is closed till thurs i put it bak in and its is running fine rite now but wat could have caused this and will it hurt the fish wen i put it bak on it didnt shock me but i was nervous so i tested the electrical current in the tank and it was at zero so will it hurt my fish or has it already wat should i do if it does it agian before tomorrow night help! I bought a used chiller two weeks ago would dat do any thing to the water ?
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are you sure it's the pump? and how did you test for current? If you just stick the 2 probes in the water it wont give you an accurate reading.
It makes me think that it wasnt the pump if you unplugged it and got shocked. Try to isolate your heaters, or any other electrical device in the tank.
It makes me think that it wasnt the pump if you unplugged it and got shocked. Try to isolate your heaters, or any other electrical device in the tank.
Yes, if it shocked you after you unpluged it then it wasn't your pump. It's something else. Be alert! and find what ever it is before you have all dead fish. I'm surprised they lived through it as it is????
its the pump cus i unplugged every thing but it and it shocked me
it completly failed las night so rite now i got a small 235gph pump on it for emgerncys takin the pump bak jus cant believe it did that the fish are fine but will it hurt them long term?
it completly failed las night so rite now i got a small 235gph pump on it for emgerncys takin the pump bak jus cant believe it did that the fish are fine but will it hurt them long term?
I'd watch them close, and prepare for quarantine. The shock may not have killed them, but might have stressed them to the point of infections, ich, and various other parasites. I'd say give it a week to be sure they are ok, and don't do anything too dramatic to them for a few days.
I'm still not too sure that fish would be affected that much because they arent connected to ground. I'm not a fish so I dont really know though. I do know that if you werent grounded and stuck your hand in the water it wouldnt shock you, unless the resistance of your hand was lower than the resistance of the water.
I had a similar problem. I woukld stick my hand in one of my brackish set-ups and feel electric. It turned out to be the light fixture
Currents in the ocean change by the second, so I would say no. But the noise it produces could startle them. Is this an internal pump, or external?