So out of nowhere this weird crystal build-up has shown up on the outside of my tank towards the bottom, has anyone else had this problem, and if so what is it??
weird cyrstal build-up
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Big_D_Breezy;2966669; said:
I just noticed this on my tank too. I think its either:
where the water has run down the front of my tank and when I clean, I just dont get all the way up to the seam on the bottom, or...
there is a slow leak in the bottom seal. I only say this because I have a leak in the top seal and the crystallization on the outside bottom of the tank is getting bigger.
Water evaporates, salt/ and minerals do not. It is the residual build up of salts and minerals that remained on the tank, while the water evaporated. No big deal, clean it up....this is why it is not ok to top off always, instead of change water. Somehow those same crystals need to removed from the water, they can not be seen in the water.
Whoo, I'm glad it's common, cuz to be honest I didn't know what it was, and it looked rather harmful if it had been in my water