Yellow17165161
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Hi,
After a few years of waiting and a lot of research later I decided to finally get a reef tank started.
I bought an AIO aquarium. Here’s where I may have messed up. So in the back part of the AIO there is a portion for the heater, I think the manufacturer added these 2 plastic “ridges” to limit the space forcing me to use their heater. Not sure. I had the bright idea to use a hot knife to cut the ridges out to use my own heater. It worked, but obviously the plastic released a lot of smoke. Plus one of the melted off ridges fell to the bottom, and it’s impossible to remove until it floats up when I add water.
There was absolutely nothing in the tank at the time, fresh out of the box. I rinsed the melted part out with rodi water. But now I wonder whether that part will end up leaching into the water eventually. Plus I still have to fish out the little ridge.
I have sand on the bottom, about to scape and was thinking of filling the tank, then doing two 50% water changes in the next two days to get rid of any potential residue. Would this be necessary?
After a few years of waiting and a lot of research later I decided to finally get a reef tank started.
I bought an AIO aquarium. Here’s where I may have messed up. So in the back part of the AIO there is a portion for the heater, I think the manufacturer added these 2 plastic “ridges” to limit the space forcing me to use their heater. Not sure. I had the bright idea to use a hot knife to cut the ridges out to use my own heater. It worked, but obviously the plastic released a lot of smoke. Plus one of the melted off ridges fell to the bottom, and it’s impossible to remove until it floats up when I add water.
There was absolutely nothing in the tank at the time, fresh out of the box. I rinsed the melted part out with rodi water. But now I wonder whether that part will end up leaching into the water eventually. Plus I still have to fish out the little ridge.
I have sand on the bottom, about to scape and was thinking of filling the tank, then doing two 50% water changes in the next two days to get rid of any potential residue. Would this be necessary?
