Acrylic reactor cracking

[ManTis]

Hey fellow reefers! I have a NextReef MR1 reactor that I use as a cheato growing reactor. I brought the reactor used and set it up for about a year now. I have been noticing that I have been needing to top off sooner than usual. After a close investigation of the sump area I noticed there was salt creep on my reactor. So I took it out and notice that there is all these cracks at the bottom of the reactors. Are these common in these type of reactors? I will post up pictures of the led light strip that is wrapping the reactor. Is it the led that I’m wrapping it cause this?

I have another reactor that is identical to this one and want to set it up as another cheato reactor. I am contemplating if I should do it again or not.

Please let me know if you guys experience this with your reactors.

Thanks
Michael






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[fijisrfr]

Are you running ozone? Ozone can destroy acrylic


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[LotsaFishies]

Is the reactor getting too hot?

I have seen the body of a skimmer do that when the air in the enclosed stand got very very hot..

[ManTis]

I’m nothing running any ozone nor it gets too hot in the sump area. I’m trying to find out if the led strip got a UV light on it.

[fijisrfr]

Yup, could be. The only thing I know of that will craze acrylic like that is ammonia based cleaners and I’m pretty sure you didn’t use that.



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[ManTis]

Yup, could be. The only thing I know of that will craze acrylic like that is ammonia based cleaners and I’m pretty sure you didn’t use that.

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I usually clean my reef stuff with a rag and hot water.