Crackling from tank

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 07:29 PM

So the lights are dimming in my tank and I hear 5-6 crackles in rapid succession, my first thought is a mantis shrimp but I just bought this rock today and set the tank up today. Tank is pretty much stagnant and very murky due to the sand and I can't see very well. Is this a mantis? I don't want to scape the rocks tomorrow and get sucker punched in the finger!

Stolireef · 04/24/2017, 07:55 PM

Can you give us a bunch of details on your tank? Also, crackling can come from electricity so be careful.

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 07:58 PM

It's a 40 breeder, I just set it up today got all the water, 34 pounds of rock, 80 pounds of sand. I find it unlikely to be an electrical as the power strip where everything connected is below the stand, the sound came above and inside the tank. The one BIG rock that is still emersed in clouds and invisible is the one I think it's in.

TokiHacker · 04/24/2017, 08:26 PM

hmm... i agree it kind of sounds like electrical. There has been a few times i have had to cut the breakers.

meeandcharlie · 04/24/2017, 08:26 PM

I will say I bought my 90g set up used with black box LED lighting. In the past I always had metal halide lights, never LED. For a couple months I would hear some 'popping' that made me wonder WTH, especially when I turned them down in the evening... after some time I came to realize it was the lighting when I made adjustments, maybe with the changes or heat? I verified it with hours of repeated turning them up and down and waiting. It was the lights, harmless (I hope)

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by TokiHacker

hmm... i agree it kind of sounds like electrical. There has been a few times i have had to cut the breakers.

If it is somehow electrical (I don't believe it is) what should I do?

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 08:38 PM

There's also only two plugs connected and it's the lights, both haven't made contact with the water in any way

TokiHacker · 04/24/2017, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DTeeVee

There's also only two plugs connected and it's the lights, both haven't made contact with the water in any way

my suggestion would be to leave the tank dark for 24 hours and see if you still hear it... if you dont (meaning unplug the light from the wall) that would at least rule out the lights.

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 09:03 PM

Ok, it just did it two more times and it lasted like a minute. I am very sure this is electrical now. Ugggh I got a video of it cracking and popping

TokiHacker · 04/24/2017, 09:04 PM

post it. This can be very very dangerous.

TokiHacker · 04/24/2017, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DTeeVee

Ok, it just did it two more times and it lasted like a minute. I am very sure this is electrical now. Ugggh I got a video of it cracking and popping

you might want to refer to this for some assistance to protect your house and your possessions and mostly yourself.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2632910

Thanks sk8r

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 09:11 PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=651C9_kSxn8

TokiHacker · 04/24/2017, 09:19 PM

Yes. This sounds like a surge protector. Cut the breaker and feel the surge protector and I can almost put my money on it it will be incredibly warm. If so water got in to and get rid of it (out of house) immediately.

Dale_M · 04/24/2017, 09:24 PM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2632910

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 09:26 PM

I just unplugged everything, I felt the power strip and it was just normal temp, I felt the cords and stuff and nothing is hot. I'm sort of confused but still a little unnerved

DTeeVee · 04/24/2017, 09:34 PM

OH MY LORD HAHAHAH So my birthday was today and one of the balloons got stuck in my fan and I cut it off with part of the string still in it!!! It's been hitting the fan and creating the little pops. Oh my god such a little mistake that had me worried sick! Everything is all good nothing is wrong in the tank, thanks for the help though!!

cincyjim · 04/25/2017, 06:33 AM

I'm glad it wasn't anything serious. It's amazing how a sound like that could be heard as something different.

Stolireef · 04/25/2017, 07:10 AM

That's pretty funny. Glad to hear that it wasn't serious.

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sde1500 · 04/25/2017, 07:12 AM

LOL what a great thread. Very good that it wasn't anything serious, electricity and our tanks are nothing to joke around with. Funny conclusion to the mystery though that is for sure.

TYC · 04/25/2017, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DTeeVee

OH MY LORD HAHAHAH So my birthday was today and one of the balloons got stuck in my fan and I cut it off with part of the string still in it!!! It's been hitting the fan and creating the little pops. Oh my god such a little mistake that had me worried sick! Everything is all good nothing is wrong in the tank, thanks for the help though!!

LOL!!!

That was just too funny! Thanks, I needed that!!! Glad to hear it's just a balloon, I'm still wiping the tears from laughing so hard

Breadman03 · 04/25/2017, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DTeeVee

OH MY LORD HAHAHAH So my birthday was today and one of the balloons got stuck in my fan and I cut it off with part of the string still in it!!! It's been hitting the fan and creating the little pops. Oh my god such a little mistake that had me worried sick! Everything is all good nothing is wrong in the tank, thanks for the help though!!

We've got to laugh at ourselves when silly things happen.

04/24/2017, 07:29 PM	#1
DTeeVee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 58	Crackling from tank So the lights are dimming in my tank and I hear 5-6 crackles in rapid succession, my first thought is a mantis shrimp but I just bought this rock today and set the tank up today. Tank is pretty much stagnant and very murky due to the sand and I can't see very well. Is this a mantis? I don't want to scape the rocks tomorrow and get sucker punched in the finger!

04/24/2017, 07:55 PM	#2
Stolireef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scottsdale AZ Posts: 3,180 Blog Entries: 5	Can you give us a bunch of details on your tank? Also, crackling can come from electricity so be careful. __________________ I want to burn twice as bright and half as long. Oh, and a full tank crash is just an excuse for a new build. Current Tank Info: 125 Rimless Leemar, Apex, Trigger 30 Elite Sump, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 X Gen4 Radion XR30W, BM Doser, 2xMP40WES, 2xTunze 6095, Sicce Syncra 4.0.

04/24/2017, 08:26 PM	#4
TokiHacker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 549	hmm... i agree it kind of sounds like electrical. There has been a few times i have had to cut the breakers. __________________ 200 GAL Mixed Reef Build \| 20GAL JBJ Frag Tank \| 29GAL Chiragra Mantis Shrimp Tank

04/24/2017, 09:04 PM	#10
TokiHacker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 549	post it. This can be very very dangerous. __________________ 200 GAL Mixed Reef Build \| 20GAL JBJ Frag Tank \| 29GAL Chiragra Mantis Shrimp Tank

04/24/2017, 09:19 PM	#13
TokiHacker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 549	Yes. This sounds like a surge protector. Cut the breaker and feel the surge protector and I can almost put my money on it it will be incredibly warm. If so water got in to and get rid of it (out of house) immediately. __________________ 200 GAL Mixed Reef Build \| 20GAL JBJ Frag Tank \| 29GAL Chiragra Mantis Shrimp Tank

04/24/2017, 07:58 PM	#3
DTeeVee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 58	It's a 40 breeder, I just set it up today got all the water, 34 pounds of rock, 80 pounds of sand. I find it unlikely to be an electrical as the power strip where everything connected is below the stand, the sound came above and inside the tank. The one BIG rock that is still emersed in clouds and invisible is the one I think it's in.

04/24/2017, 08:26 PM	#5
meeandcharlie Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Tybee Island, GA Posts: 67	I will say I bought my 90g set up used with black box LED lighting. In the past I always had metal halide lights, never LED. For a couple months I would hear some 'popping' that made me wonder WTH, especially when I turned them down in the evening... after some time I came to realize it was the lighting when I made adjustments, maybe with the changes or heat? I verified it with hours of repeated turning them up and down and waiting. It was the lights, harmless (I hope)

04/24/2017, 08:38 PM	#7
DTeeVee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 58	There's also only two plugs connected and it's the lights, both haven't made contact with the water in any way

04/24/2017, 09:03 PM	#9
DTeeVee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 58	Ok, it just did it two more times and it lasted like a minute. I am very sure this is electrical now. Ugggh I got a video of it cracking and popping

04/24/2017, 09:11 PM	#12
DTeeVee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 58	https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=651C9_kSxn8

04/24/2017, 09:24 PM	#14
Dale_M Official Noob Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Valrico, FL Posts: 76	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2632910

04/24/2017, 09:26 PM	#15
DTeeVee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 58	I just unplugged everything, I felt the power strip and it was just normal temp, I felt the cords and stuff and nothing is hot. I'm sort of confused but still a little unnerved

04/24/2017, 09:34 PM	#16
DTeeVee Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 58	OH MY LORD HAHAHAH So my birthday was today and one of the balloons got stuck in my fan and I cut it off with part of the string still in it!!! It's been hitting the fan and creating the little pops. Oh my god such a little mistake that had me worried sick! Everything is all good nothing is wrong in the tank, thanks for the help though!!

04/25/2017, 06:33 AM	#17
cincyjim Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,147	I'm glad it wasn't anything serious. It's amazing how a sound like that could be heard as something different. __________________ Jim Current Tank Info: SCA 150G, 5 inch sand bed, 2 Tunze 6095s, ReefBreeders v2+ 50" with 2 all Blue Reefbrites, and Continuous Water Change System

04/25/2017, 07:10 AM	#18
Stolireef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scottsdale AZ Posts: 3,180 Blog Entries: 5	That's pretty funny. Glad to hear that it wasn't serious. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk __________________ I want to burn twice as bright and half as long. Oh, and a full tank crash is just an excuse for a new build. Current Tank Info: 125 Rimless Leemar, Apex, Trigger 30 Elite Sump, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 X Gen4 Radion XR30W, BM Doser, 2xMP40WES, 2xTunze 6095, Sicce Syncra 4.0.

04/25/2017, 07:12 AM	#19
sde1500 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Glocester, RI Posts: 3,336	LOL what a great thread. Very good that it wasn't anything serious, electricity and our tanks are nothing to joke around with. Funny conclusion to the mystery though that is for sure. __________________ My build thread: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2548422 Current Tank Info: 65 gallon mixed reef, Eshopps sump and HOB overflow, RO-110int skimmer, Reefbreeder 32" photons V1.