Salt creep UNDER my tank?

Cheebs · 01/07/2009, 02:17 AM

I was unplugging my skimmer for maintenance yesterday, and I happened to glance up at my tank from underneath it (it's on a metal stand), and I saw something that I'm not sure I should be worried about or not.

All along the edges of the bottom frame of the tank there's a bunch of crusty salt, coming out of what seems like the gap bewtween the plastic and the glass. I'm trying to think of how it got there, it's even around the middle of the tank bottom... Could there be a very minute leak I don't know about that could slowly be releasing water? Or is this salt forming from the humidity in the air or something? It doesn't feel particularly wet or moist, as far as I can tell, but it's worrying me.

I can take a picture if need be.

Thanks,
Phil.

Edit: I forgot to mention, my tank is a 75g Marineland aquarium (as far as I can recall) and it's been running for roughly a year and a half. The system has no sump or anyhting running wet underneath the tank.

royaldude · 01/07/2009, 11:48 AM

Hi, I think by what you describe, it sounds like the water has run down the tank and along the underside causing the salt creep. I know I get something similar after being "in " my tank along the bottom trim when the water runs down the glass and pools there. I think you need to figure out if water is travelling down the path and forming the salt creep. I know that I have a sump underneath and have never seen anything on the top of the sump (inside the stand). If the water is not running down the side of the tank and pooling, I would suspect a leak somewhere.

01/07/2009, 02:17 AM	#1
Cheebs Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ottawa Posts: 412	Salt creep UNDER my tank? I was unplugging my skimmer for maintenance yesterday, and I happened to glance up at my tank from underneath it (it's on a metal stand), and I saw something that I'm not sure I should be worried about or not. All along the edges of the bottom frame of the tank there's a bunch of crusty salt, coming out of what seems like the gap bewtween the plastic and the glass. I'm trying to think of how it got there, it's even around the middle of the tank bottom... Could there be a very minute leak I don't know about that could slowly be releasing water? Or is this salt forming from the humidity in the air or something? It doesn't feel particularly wet or moist, as far as I can tell, but it's worrying me. I can take a picture if need be. Thanks, Phil. Edit: I forgot to mention, my tank is a 75g Marineland aquarium (as far as I can recall) and it's been running for roughly a year and a half. The system has no sump or anyhting running wet underneath the tank. __________________ Phil. Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon CADlights rimless

01/07/2009, 11:48 AM	#2
royaldude Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: london on Posts: 43	Hi, I think by what you describe, it sounds like the water has run down the tank and along the underside causing the salt creep. I know I get something similar after being "in " my tank along the bottom trim when the water runs down the glass and pools there. I think you need to figure out if water is travelling down the path and forming the salt creep. I know that I have a sump underneath and have never seen anything on the top of the sump (inside the stand). If the water is not running down the side of the tank and pooling, I would suspect a leak somewhere.