Time for a new skimmer

[subsailor]

Well i reached my hand in to my tank to night and got the crap zapped out of me. man it hurt looked around and everyone was acting normally, I started unplugging powerheads one by one and was still getting zapped. unpluged the skimmer and wham didn't get zapped. Its not worth it to me to buy another pump so I will just get a new skimmer. My current skimmer is a crapola modded seaclown. Never been zapped like that in water it scared the crap outta me.

[ErikH]

Get a grounding probe!

I run a EuroReef rs135. It ROCKS. How are the zoas? :bigsmile: I hope they take off like they have for me.

[Fish4life]

i wouldn't get a grounding probe because once you give the voltage a place to ground it could potentially nuke everything in your tank. Stray voltage= fish swimming grounded voltage=fish dead

cheers,

kurt

[subsailor]

zoas are good. I have them mounted to a shell so we will see if they take off.

[LoneStar]

haha thats a good way of testing

Is it this one? nope ZAP

Is it this one? nope ZAP

Is it THIS ONE? nope ZAP!

What are you looking at replacing it with?

[Mr Cob]

Never been zapped.....I can't imagine that it would be very much fun...I also wanted to commend you in your dedication to finding the culprit. Not sure I could have kept getting zapped....:hypnotyized:

[ErikH]

i wouldn't get a grounding probe because once you give the voltage a place to ground it could potentially nuke everything in your tank. Stray voltage= fish swimming grounded voltage=fish dead

cheers,

kurt

Better the fish than me? :angel:

[subsailor]

Yeah well i don't have a multimeter or i would have used that. heck I have been popped with 440 on the boat nothing like touching something with your hands and having a hole burn through the bottom of your toe to wake you up in the morning. 115 is like a play toy to that. Besides its the current that kills.

I dunno on Skimmers yet I am going to do a little research but right now I am leaning towards a Euroreef, but we will see.